Citizen science gives nonscientists the opportunity to participate in setting research priorities, tackling scientific crises, while also creating a world of new data for scientists to explore.
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The 2010s has seen a dramatic rise in nationalist rhetoric and leaders across the globe, damaging the fabric of international trade and cooperation that brought increased prosperity worldwide for so long. In order to fix this damage, world leaders must ensure that no one is left behind by globalization.
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The artificial division between sciences and humanities is entrenched in the University, but individual collaboration can help to alleviate the separation.
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Considering closely the Mueller investigation, an analysis of the effects of partisan politics on the safeguards of democracy.
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President Trump has caused quite a stir in the headlines recently due to enacting tariffs on numerous countries abroad. This has resulted in many Americans, both Republicans and Democrats to question why the president has this Authority in the first place. This article seeks to explore the president's power to enact tariffs and what Congress can do about it.
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The alt-right holds an unusually powerful sway over the discourse we hold online. Unless we pay careful attention to their growing influence, violence and political chaos will inevitably result.
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The Native American Tribe, the Tohono O’odham Nation continues to face excessive surveillance a century and half after the U.S.-Mexican border was drawn straight through their territory.
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The center-left’s legacy is under assault across Western democracy, but parties in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal, are showing the way forward.
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The recent publication of The Dinosaur Artist, focusing on the illegal importation and sale of vertebrate dinosaurs by a high-profile smuggler, has renewed interest in the debate between science and commercialism.
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The Kavanaugh controversy is symptomatic of a larger sickness in American politics that threatens to fundamentally corrupt public discourse.
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An exploration of the methods of judicial appointments and partisan elections.
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The relationship between Hip-hop and Arabic is not coincidental; it is purposely used to highlight the cultural exchange in America and reject xenophobia.
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William J. Antholis serves as Director and CEO of the Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history. Immediately prior, he served as managing director at The Brookings Institution from 2004 to 2014. Bill Antholis earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in politics (1993) and his B.A. from the University of Virginia in government and foreign affairs (1986).
Only a few decades ago, Democrats had an unshakeable hold on the American South. Can a new wave of progressive candidates win back Dixie for Democrats?
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Publicly funded research kept behind the paywalls of for-profit scholarly publishers is a detriment to both science and society.
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Developed countries are fighting over fishing rights to absorb fish supplies, but developing countries are nonetheless hit the hardest in the global conflict over shortages.
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Cultural humanitarianism to North Korea aims to smuggle illicit information into the country to combat a smothering propaganda machine. But there are more dangers than benefits – and more serious consequences for the people these efforts aim to help.
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Global economic history shouldn't be understood as a hockey stick but rather a divergence.
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Asian Americans are often touted as the “model minority,” but don’t be fooled: the model minority myth has and always will be an agent of white supremacy.
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The Trump administration has expressed clear hatred for “illegal immigrants,” claiming that they are rapists and criminals. What is it like to be undocumented in the United States from the perspective of an American citizen, and how can our country respond better to immigration?
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