Hindsight is always 20-20, and retrospective analyses of pandemic response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals glaring inadequacies in policy implementation that fueled damaging race based disparities. It is crucial to learn from these mistakes and take strides in implementing equitable disease prevention efforts for the future.

In this interview with UVA Professor Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, Cary discusses her journey from her time at UVA to her White House role, her challenges as a young professional, and her passion for bipartisan collaboration. Now a UVA professor, Cary integrates her experience into teaching courses like Election 2024, emphasizing effective communication and cross-party dialogue, while inspiring students to make a difference through their voices.

While Biblical literalism and constitutional originalism may seem similar on the surface and often see an ideological overlap, the two interpretive systems cannot coexist.

Two years after the breakout of the Ukraine war, the burgeoning economic alliances between autocratic nations have become a threat to economic sanctions as a viable method of quelling the Russian assault. Unless sanctions broaden their attack to corporations enabling evasions, they fail to stop or even disincentivize the Russian offense. 

While the most commonly cited cause for Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race is his cognitive decline, his unpopular foreign policy decisions on issues critical to American voters cannot be overlooked. Foreign policy has been notoriously weak amongst one-term presidents as they near the end of their terms, and Biden is no exception.