President Trump's motion to rescind DACA has stirred controversy. Is this an important step to shift power from the President to Congress, or is it a pure political move?
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In recent years, campus activism has undergone a wholesale transformation. With peaceful protest and scholarly discourse increasingly supplanted by riotous indignation, Americans who value free speech must act to preserve these bedrocks of Western society.
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Meritocracy is an ancient virtue. Why, then, do top American officials embody the opposite?
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Demographic changes in Northeast Asia are forcing the Japanese and South Korean government pension funds to reevaluate their investment philosophies.
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Well-meaning environmentalists and exaggerated reports perpetuate many of the problems of climate change discourse.
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Abortion remains one of the most contentious and divisive issues in the country. If the Democrats intend to win a majority in the Congress during the Trump presidency, they will need to open the party up to people on both sides of the issue, just like they have historically.
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Short-term, tactical thinking has replaced longer-term strategic thinking within the Trump Administration. This move towards impulse reactions will diminish U.S. leadership on the world stage.
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Recent European terror attacks, while tragic, might have been preventable with additional screening and counterterrorism measures. More action on that front is needed to avoid future incidents.
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Although frequently depicted by conservatives as a cultural tool for coastal, liberal elites, the continued existence of the National Endowment for the Arts is more critical to impoverished and rural areas.
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President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement must be considered in the context of sweeping changes to the nature of US power and the international system. Doing so provides a sharper understanding of its intense negative repercussions for American power and leadership.
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Many women in the U.S. have to make the choice between starting a family and ending their careers; both men and women are deprived of the economic stability needed to take time off and provide early child-care. What’s stopping Congress from taking action and how is this harming the American economy?
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This month, the Millennial Caucus Initiative at the Miller Center looked at the current perceptions of the Supreme Court and its relevance to the 2016 election cycle . Read what UVA students thought in the Virginia Review of Politics or on the Miller Center website!
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President Trump's withdrawal from the false promise of the Paris Agreement brings more diplomatic fallout than environmental. Alternative, better solutions to climate change are addressable without the Agreement.
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The world waits anxiously for Trump's decision on whether the US should exit the Paris Agreement. It is time we face the questions of the impacts of this deal against climate change, as well as potential repercussions of a US withdrawal.
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Foreign language competency will be a key to success for American professionals in the age of globalization.
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While some people argue we are entering a post-factual world, nobody believes we’re entering a post-feelings world. Maybe, just maybe, both still matter.
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Why did Clinton lose the election? The Democratic party must learn from the Clinton campaign's mistakes moving forward.
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The USDA recently removed their public database containing violations of the Animal Welfare Act. What does this mean for the future of horses, puppies, and other commercial animals?
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Donald Trump believes that his domestic environmental policy enjoys widespread popular support. Results from unlikely quarters in Virginia suggest otherwise.
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In the world of avocational paleontology, the lack of information and the minimal push to publicize laws and regulations on fossil collection leads to speculation and hearsay
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