In the Spotlight

The lab's recent film, God $ Green: An Unholy Alliance, featured in Yale's Climate Connections.

UVA President Jim Ryan joines Professors Siva Vaidhyanathan and Will Hitchcock on the Democracy in Danger podcast.

Professor Daniel Gingerich and Post-Doctoral Researcher Jan Vogler analyze what the Black Death can tell us about the impact of modern pandemics.

Joshua Alley, Philip Breedlove, Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, James Goldgeier, Todd Sechser

Spirit & Struggle: Landmarks of Black Sacred Song - A screening of Artist-in-Residence Micah Watson's films "40th and State" and "Barky's"
Who’ll Stand for Democracy?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Taking Stock: America at an Inflection Point
As part of the Aspen Ideas Festival, former White House Domestic Policy directors Melody Barnes and John Bridgeland have a conversation with Dan Porterfield, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, on the current state of affairs.
Irish Times Festival: Race, Democracy and the American Crisis
A conversation between Co-Director Melody Barnes and Irish Times columnist and author Fintan O’Toole, on recent events in America: Black Lives Matter and police brutality, George Floyd and Donald Trump, civil rights and the American crisis.
Restrictions on Beach and Pool Access Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Monument Avenue must be for everyone
Co-Director Melody Barnes writes about Richmond's Monument Avenue in The Washington Post.
US hospitals function like businesses. That's why they are struggling amid COVID pandemic.
Why did it take so long for Reddit and Facebook to block racist groups?
New column by Deliberative Media Lab Director Siva Vaidhyanathan in The Guardian.