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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Practitioner fellow Sam Pressler's recent study for the American Enterprise Institute, "The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life," found that people with high school diplomas or less spend less time in public spaces, less time in hobby groups, and less time in community groups or in sports leagues than those with college degrees and higher. And they’re less likely to host friends, family and neighbors in their homes.
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"When we saw the X decision, we were like: ‘What the hell? This is too much,’” said the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's David Nemer. “It was a warning to all of us.”
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A Karsh Institute post-doc comments on Brazil's threat to block internet service if X owner Elon Musk does not immediately appoint a new legal representative.
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The Equity Center and the Karsh Institute of Democracy host the “Voices of Democracy: What Democracy Means to Me” writing contest, open to 6th- through 12th-grade students enrolled in public, private, or homeschool programs in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The contest is open from September 1 to September 30.
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Executive Director Melody Barnes joins a panel at the National Constitution Center to explore the debate about the core values of the American Idea—liberty, equality, democracy, and federalism—and model the way in which Americans of different perspectives can come together in the spirit of civil dialogue.
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For photojournalist Sanjay Suchak, imagery plays a critical role in fostering a vibrant and healthy news ecosystem.
Projections from the Karsh Institute's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service show Americans will continue to move south and west during the next two decades.
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Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow in Democracy Lise Clavel makes an impact on her students by exposing them to the realities of governing.
What should we make of these unprecedented times? UVA Today asked Melody Barnes, executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.
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Mary Kate Cary, founding director of the Karsh Institute's Think Again at UVA, received one of five national Open Inquiry Awards from the Heterodox Academy at its June national convention in Chicago.
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