In the Spotlight

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Siva Vaidhyanathan writes for The Guardian on recent leaks exposing Facebook and Instagram.

The Equity Center worked with Albemarle County’s Office of Equity and Inclusion to create an Equity Profile anaylizing various conditions across demographic groups and geographic areas that contribute to well-being.

How worried should we be about Russia using nuclear weapons? Lab Director Todd Sechser weighs in on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $199,663 in support of the Religion, Race & Democracy Lab’s forthcoming podcast series on religion and climate change.

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center selected to recieve the Lee statue, with plans to transform it into a new work of art that will reflect racial justice and inclusion
How should Canada help Haiti?
Co-Director Laurent Dubois provides a histrocial introduction of Haiti's political climate for CBC News: The House.
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated: Interim PM
Co-Director Laurent Dubois comments for Aljazeera on the recent assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse.
American democracy is in danger. Here's how universities can help to protect it.
President Jim Ryan and Co-Director Melody Barnes on the establishment of UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy.
Celebrating the LBJ Telephone Tapes: a conversation with Melody Barnes, Michael Beschloss & Brian Williams
MODERN AUTHORITARIANISM AND NEW CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY
Constitutional crises at home and abroad
Democracy Dialogues: Self-government in the age of disunion
Democracy Initiative Graduate Seminar- Rethinking Sovereignty and Belonging in Colonial Contexts
Registration: http://bit.ly/DI_GradSeminar
This webinar is the culmination of the inaugural 2020-21 Democracy Initiative Graduate Seminar. Organized and facilitated by the DI Graduate Fellows, the conversation brings together two leading scholars of settler colonialism to discuss their work on state violence and Indigenous resistance, embodied citizenship and belonging, the role of the scholar and the politics of the archive.