Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., holds a sizable lead over conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham and former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina in hypothetical contests for Kaine's seat in 2018, according to a new poll. Virginia is likely to be an uphill fight for Republicans who are looking to take down Kaine. UVA’s Larry Sabato rates the race as "Likely Democratic."
It’ll be up to Republicans to decide whether to force Trump out. And that won’t happen unless they see him as ruining their party as well as the nation. “The only incentive for Republicans to act – with or without the cabinet – is the same incentive Republicans had in 1974 to insist on Nixon’s resignation,” Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia told me. “The incentive is survival.”
Defending his stalled immigration ban, Trump said, "There was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was nothing." Forged documents and passports are a concern in some countries, but that doesn’t give Trump license to say there is no system. "No system is foolproof," David Martin, a UVA law professor who’s previously held posts at DHS and the State Department, has told us. "If we really wanted a foolproof system, we would shut down immigration entirely."
“Oh yes, VMI – there is no tighter, more loyal group of alumni anywhere,” says Larry Sabato, the University of Virginia political analyst who has followed the state’s campaigns and evolving electoral culture since the 1970s. “It’s quite a network, and there’s one slice of the electorate you don’t ever want to get on the wrong side of. The Institute has been life-changing for many. I think that’s one reason their bond is so strong.”
The question is whether they take specific actions designed to curb freedom of the press – something Trump hasn't done, at least so far. Nicole Renee Hemmer, assistant professor at UVA’s Miller Center, said "the rhetoric is not yet cause for panic," but journalists need to push back and explain that "their work is a vital component of democratic governance and the system of checks and balances, especially given Donald Trump's autocratic tendencies."
Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at UVA’s nonpartisan Miller Center, has been fascinated by presidents since she was 4 years old and her mother took her to see John F. Kennedy speak one month before he was elected. “I still have somewhat of a childlike vision of the presidency,” she said. “I know my faith is not misplaced. I know we have had heroic presidents. Even the ones who were not great still were, by and large, great people.”
Find out if Chicago really is segregated. The most useful image result is University of Virginia’s “racial dot map.”
When Hamilton scholar and UVA alumna Joanne Freeman heard someone was writing a musical about the oft-forgotten Founding Father, she never thought her research would guide Lin-Manuel Miranda’s fiery lyrics about dueling politicians.
A recent study conducted by UVA sociologist Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project, and Robert Lerman, an economics professor at American University, suggests that men see bigger salaries when they're married compared with their single counterparts, while women see the reverse.
Claire Mitchell and Sara Yeatman Currier have full-time careers in education and young families. The two founded treadHAPPY, a group exercise studio that uses treadmills to build endurance and strength, early last year. Their education background, Mitchell told attendees at the UVA Darden School of Business Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday, prepared them well for the business world.
(This contains an interview with UVA environmental scientist Steve Macko.) Corn is everywhere, in much of our food, drink and even packaging. It has found its way, in a myriad of guises, into thousands of products and has come to dominate the industrialized food supply.
In ruling against President Donald Trump’s “Muslim travel ban,” a trio of federal judges relied in part on a distinctly South Florida court case – one that granted religious protections for the ritual sacrifice of chickens and goats. The unanimous ruling upholding a halt to the White House executive order cited a famous 1993 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned a Hialeah law banning Santería animal sacrifices. Justices found that the city ordinance infringed on constitutionally protected freedoms. “In Hialeah in the 1990s, it was Santería. With Trump, it’s Muslims,” said UVA law profess...
Aynne Kokas, assistant professor at University of Virginia, talks U.S.-China film treaty renegotiations, film quotas and co-productions.
Robert F. Turner, associate director of UVA’s Center for National Security Law, said he understands the distinction between leaking classified material and information that is merely private. He also made clear that he is almost always dead-set against leaking. Regardless of who makes or broadcasts the leak, "good people die and freedom is placed in jeopardy," he said.
A film agreement between the U.S. and China expires today, paving the way for a new round of talks that could mark the first major deal between the two economic giants under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. "There is a lot of interest on the Chinese side to potentially increase the number of Hollywood films that are represented in the market," Aynne Kokas, a UVA assistant professor of media studies.
A House-approved plan to force universities to limit out-of-state enrollment or use the additional tuition revenue to lower costs for in-state students died in a Senate committee Thursday.
A UVA sorority is hoping to get 5th District Rep. Tom Garrett's attention by flooding his office with letters. Members of Alpha Chi Omega are passionate about domestic violence awareness. The group wants to protect the Violence Against Women's Act from being cut from federal spending.
The fourth annual Virginia Green Travel Conference is taking place at UVA’s Darden School of Business, including the Fourth Green Tourism Business Expo. The goal is to educate partners on the environmental impact of businesses, but not without an incentive.
About 60 students from the Eastern Shore of Virginia attend UVA each year. UVA is an appealing choice for students from the Shore because of the Bayly-Tiffany scholarship, awarded to any UVA student living on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Matthew McLendon is the newest director and chief curator for UVA’s art museum. McLendon began as director of The Fralin Museum of Art in January.