States that developed after World War II are more dangerous to pedestrians because roads were often built for the convenience of drivers, said Peter Norton, a UVA technology historian. “Florida is a state built around driving, which means pedestrians are unexpected intruders from an alien planet,” Norton said.
Children's well-being depends on family stability, researchers agree. But some say marriage is not a critical factor in that stability – that cohabiting parents are just as likely to stay together long-term and provide the love and support children need. According to a new study from the Brookings Institution, that just isn't the case: There's no substitute for marriage. "It is easy to see why some conclude marriage per se does not matter. But here's the thing: marriage itself is strongly associated with family stability," wrote Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Proj...
The median Democratic-held seat now tilts 14 points more toward the Democrats than the national average, which is double the 7-point difference from 1997, the report said. And the median GOP seat is now 11 points “more Republican” than the national average, compared to a 7-point difference 20 years ago. Kyle Kondik, a political analyst with UVA’s Center for Politics, said that the power of incumbency and the geographic concentrations of Democrats in cities have also played significant factors in the current makeup of the U.S. House, which has been in relatively safe Republican control since 20...
“It seems likely, though far from guaranteed, that Republicans will lose net governorships during Trump’s presidency: That’s partially because of history and partially because the Republicans already control a lofty 33 governorships, their highest total in the postwar era,” Kyle Kondik of the UVA Center for Politics wrote recently. “Bucking that history is the GOP’s challenge heading into this heavy, two-year gubernatorial cycle.”
Democrats are targeting their own voters as well as independents who largely didn't support Trump and soft Trump voters who simply saw him as a preferable alternative to Clinton. The dynamic of this open primary system is one of several reasons why the strategy employed there may not be easily replicated in the midterms, says Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics.
States that developed after World War II are more dangerous to pedestrians because roads were often built for the convenience of drivers, said Peter Norton, a UVA technology historian.
"All of the Republican vacancies so far have happened in districts that are more Republican than the nation," said Kyle Kondik, an analyst with UVA's Center for Politics. "When Democrats have their pick of all the House districts to run in next year, almost none of these districts (where special elections are being held) are the ones they'll chose to play in."
A new UVA study is using declassified satellite pictures from the Cold War to study the effects of climate change on the Arctic tundra.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $696,301 to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, including $49,928 for “Federated Resource for Eastern Shore Heritage," a group that also includes UVA’s Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, aiming to create a digital catalog of the Eastern Shore's history.
Candidate Tom Perriello is calling on millennials for support as the commonwealth approaches primary day in the race for governor. The Democratic candidate stopped by UVA Wednesday and talked with students about issues important to them, like student debt.
The annual softball tournament hosted by UVA’s School of Law last weekend raised more than $25,000 for charity.
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or an established business owner, there’s a lot you can learn from Thomas Jefferson. Check out these 11 quotes from the third POTUS that will inspire you – and make you think.
WTJU was the impetus for a blogger’s trip to Virginia last month, as the UVA-based radio station invited him to speak at its “College Radio: Then, Now and Next” symposium.
If you want to buy or sell a car or a cow or a hot tub in Salt Lake City or in one of the nearby towns in Utah, Wyoming or Idaho, you go to a local website called KSL Classifieds, which takes its name from local television and radio stations owned by an arm of the Mormon Church. “It doesn’t surprise me that a tight-knit community would prefer to use an online marketplace that maps to their existing networks of trust,” says Lana Swartz, a media studies scholar at the University of Virginia.
(Audio) Christopher Robertson, professor of law at the University of Arizona, and Brandon Garrett, professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, discuss U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement that he was terminating a Justice Department partnership with independent scientists to raise forensic science standards.
A U.S. agency ruling affirming President Donald Trump’s right to operate a hotel in a Washington building leased from the government has opened a potential new legal battle over whether the contract grants him benefits in violation of the Constitution. Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA constitutional law professor, said the hotel lease doesn’t represent a violation of the Constitution because the domestic emoluments clause doesn’t apply to all government benefits.
No Democrats have announced their intention to challenge Heller for the seat. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is considering a bid and is expected to make a decision within the next couple of months. “Dean Heller is the only Republican senator up for re-election next year who represents a state that Hillary Clinton won. That makes him the most vulnerable Republican by default,” said Kyle Kondik, a campaign expert at UVA’s Center for Politics.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe stopped in Albemarle County to discuss how agencies can better share data. The second annual Data Analytics Summit was held at Boar’s Head Tuesday, cohosted by UVA’s Data Science Institute.
The “Innovations in Education” discussion at the Paramount Theater was part of the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s “Future of Ideas” series. Robert C. Pianta, dean of UVA’s Curry School of Education, said that there was a great need for innovation in the policy sphere to redesign the “unorganized” assortment of early education and child care programs that exists today.
(Commentary by UVA law professor Thatcher A. Stone) Americans have been consumed with the story of the United Airlines passenger dragged off a flight after he was bumped – and refused to leave. It's always a mistake to ignore the instructions of the flight crew. But United needs to rethink the way it handled this case.