The Karsh Institute, the Miller Center, the Center for Politics, and the Department of Politics are partnering on a pan-University blog offering timely insights on topics related to this year's elections.
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A public life serving democracy brings surprising rewards: An interview with Melody Barnes, executive director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia.
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Executive Director Melody Barnes explains how a public life serving democracy brings surprising rewards.
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David Nemer with the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab joined the Good Disruption podcast ahead of the U.S. Presidential Election to discuss how culture and trust plays a critical role in the acceptance of electronic voting and the need to protect the entire electoral process from beginning to end.
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At a Karsh Institute event, an emotional Abigail Spanberger (VA-7) tells an audience gathered in UVA's Rotunda that it's incumbent upon lawmakers to restore the public's trust in government.
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“I don’t think there is any country in the world that has more stuff projected on to it than Haiti,” says Laurent Dubois, academic director at the Karsh Institute of Democracy.
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The Karsh Institute's 69,300-square-foot building will also include new facilities for UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. The nonpartisan research and public engagement hub will bring together students, faculty, university staff, and visiting public officials in a space meant for conversation and collaboration.
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Executive Director Melody Barnes and Tim Naftali join us for CBC's American Roundtable session to break down the latest news from the campaign trail.
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Practitioner Fellow Sam Pressler says there’s a resurgence of communitarian organizing happening in America, as people and organizations attempt to bring society back together, one club or digital forum at a time.
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Structured talks about politics help college students better relate, though they don’t often change minds, associate professor Rachel Wahl told UVA President Jim Ryan on his podcast 'Inside UVA.' Wahl is the director of the Karsh Institute's Good Life Political Project.
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“It was transformative for the entire country,” the Karsh Institute's Melody Barnes told NPR's Marketplace. “[Johnson] decided to use the power that he had amassed over 20-plus years in Washington to accomplish something that many people thought was unimaginable.”
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