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Is It Really A Period of Global Democratic Decline? Not according to A New Study

The paper by associate professors Andrew Little from the University of California at Berkeley, and Anne Meng of the University of Virginia, says that despite the general narrative that we are in a period of global democratic decline, there have been surprisingly few empirical studies to assess whether this is systematically true.
Anne Meng
Washington Post Headline

Country lacks a unifying voice in aftermath of Trump charges

While history is full of examples of deep ideological divisions, today’s battles lack a sense of “loser’s grace” in which both sides agree to accept the outcome and move on, said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
Russell Riley
El Pais Headline

Can Donald Trump be president after his third indictment? What if he is convicted?

Historian Russell L. Riley, co-director of the Miller Center for Presidential Oral Histories at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, agrees that the law does not preclude Trump from running in a campaign where he is currently the favorite to win the Republican nomination and will likely face off with Joe Biden again.
Russell Riley
NBC News headline

Dozens served in Trump’s Cabinet. Four say he should be re-elected.

"They’re not friends; they’re not hanging on forever," Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, said of Trump's Cabinet members. "They’re going to skip out, or he’s going to push them out in some instances."
Barbara Perry