In the age of online influencers, online personalities are gaining more and more control over our political process. Extremists are taking advantage of a broken system to promote their dangerous ideas— and they’re using the search algorithm to do it.
Read MoreWith this announcement, the Trump administration weaponizes American history in an exclusionary and nationalistic way. Reacting to historic protests, “patriotic education” is a move to erase the story and legacy of oppression in the United States.
Read MoreThe politicization of the Supreme Court is bad for the rule of law. Packing the Court would only politicize it more. Democrats should only resort to court-packing as a last resort (not solely because they come into power).
Read MoreHannah Arendt’s insights regarding the ascent of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union foreshadows the possibility of America’s decline towards totalitarianism, as demonstrated in the Presidency of Donald Trump and the socioeconomic tensions that give rise to fringe movements in the United States.
Read MoreAs Amy Comey Barrett’s confirmation approaches, so does the end of an effective Supreme Court. The decision to strip the public of a voice in the replacement of Justice Ginsberg will have terrible repercussions for one of our nation’s foundational institutions.
Read MoreNat Malkus is a resident scholar and the deputy director of education policy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he specializes in K–12 education. Specifically, he applies quantitative data to education policy. His work focuses on school finance, charter schools, school choice, and the future of standardized testing. Before joining AEI, Malkus was a senior researcher at the American Institutes for Research, where he led research teams analyzing national education data on topics ranging from how many college students take remedial courses, to the comparisons between charter and traditional public schools, to tracking student achievement and graduation rates in schools undergoing turnaround reforms. Previously, Malkus worked on a four-year experimental study to evaluate whether math coaches could help math teachers improve student performance. He has also taught advanced graduate statistics courses and quantitative policy analysis to graduate students. Earlier, Malkus spent four years as a middle-school teacher in Maryland. Malkus has a Ph.D. in education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a B.A. in historical studies from Covenant College.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal. In response to the murder of George Floyd, as well as the state-endorsed police violence that has occurred in the U.S. over the past several decades, we find it imperative to use our privilege as a publication at an institution like UVA to stand in solidarity with those who are protesting, as well as encourage our readers to support organizations that seek to rectify these injustices.
Read MoreJustice Bill Mims currently serves as the hundredth justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. He is the second person to ever serve as a member of the General Assembly, attorney general, and Supreme Court justice. Justice Bill Mims received his A.B. in history from the College of William and Mary (1979), his J.D. from George Washington University (1984), and his LL.M from Georgetown University (1986).
Hoy en día, el cambio climático es un gran problema. Aunque todas las personas se ven afectadas, algunas comunidades, por ejemplo las comunidades minoritarias, los pobres y las mujeres, son las más afectadas por sus efectos. Por esta razón, el cambio climático es una seria cuestión de derechos humanos.
Read MoreChina’s President Xi Jinping announced the world’s largest infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), in 2013. Since then, China has pumped billions of dollars into the project in an effort to boost its soft power (and arguably its hard power) abroad. This project highlights China’s desire to expand their global influence and rewrite the global norms on their own terms.
Read MoreIn an age where the internet has amplified the conspiratorial rhetoric of extremists, it is the duty of responsible figures on the Right to eschew this phenomenon. But given the impact of Donald Trump’s rhetorical style on the Republican Party, this particular rhetorical style seems likely to remain a major influence on conservative discourse for the foreseeable future.
Read MoreAmericans have historically been averse to integrating politics and sports. How has political polarization changed the interaction between these two?
Read MoreFor years, Americans have dismissed the Antifederalists as the “losing side.” However, a rereading of their key argument, the small republic theory, shows that they predicted America’s current factious and polarized nature.
Read MoreGiven the Constitution and history of impeachment driven by partisan conflict, the current impeachment process will not remove President Donald Trump from office.
Read MoreTrump’s discriminatory travel ban continues to unconstitutionally separate families. Where does the ban stand now and what policies are being pushed to prohibit religious discrimination in immigration policy?
Read MoreWhile our legal system prides itself on not excusing ignorance of the law, it has proven to be unevenly applied and demands reexamination of its application in our modern legal system.
Read MoreWomen have proven themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the 2020 presidential race, but systemic misogyny may just be the thing that holds them back from the Oval Office. In order for a woman to win the presidency, it is imperative that we stop questioning her ability to do so.
Read MoreSince World War II, Japan has maintained a Self-Defense Force in lieu of a full military. Recently, however, the Japanese armed forces have grown in size and power. Is American foreign policy to blame?
Read MoreWhy Brexit could be an early warning sign for the end of the European Union.
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