After investing hundreds of hours interning with the Karsh Institute, these new UVA graduates are applying what they’ve learned to a wide range of professional and civic pursuits.
Karsh Institute Executive Director Melody Barnes served as co-moderator for a PBS conversation with Ken Burns about how America’s founding principles remain relevant to governance today.
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CBC spoke with Karsh Institute Executive Director Melody Barnes and NPR’s Tamara Keith about Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from U.S. Congress and the release of the Epstein files.
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Rejecting rigid party labels, young officials work together to address real needs and restore public trust.
The Karsh Institute is earning the confidence of funders across the country who rely on its evidence-based programs and research to inform effective solutions.
Three students in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University attended Declaration Next, a multifaceted program presented in October by UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy as part of its signature Democracy360.
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“We know people are more civically engaged when they have access to local journalism,” UVA Karsh Institute's Melody Barnes said at the Texas Tribune Festival. “We know that they are more likely to see themselves and to build community when they have local journalism.”
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"The people who lose money from scams can scarcely afford it. Often, victims of scams are elderly people on fixed incomes, young people looking for jobs, immigrants, and others going through transitions or difficult times," wrote UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's Lana Swartz.
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"In my research on urban governance, I have found that it takes continuous political work to maintain local belief in urban progress and its leaders," wrote UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's Nicole West Bassoff.
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Recorded at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, "A More Perfect Union" features filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein and AEI’s Yuval Levin in conversation with co-moderators Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center and Melody Barnes of the Karsh Institute of Democracy.
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In a new book, a multidisciplinary group of distinguished scholars explore the vibrant historical debate over whether democracy and capitalism can and should coexist in the United States.