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A new index designed by researchers at Vanderbilt University shows a steady erosion of trust in American political institutions over the past 40 years, with it hitting its lowest point in 2017 after racial unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Launched by the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy, the… Read More

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy today announced the formation of a 26-member advisory board spanning multiple backgrounds and fields-from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and biographer Walter Isaacson to Grammy-winning artists Faith Hill and Tim McGraw-that is committed to the Project’s mission to elevate facts and evidence-based… Read More

WATCH EVENT For the first time since former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to sex trafficking victim and convicted murderer Cyntoia Brown Long, the two will sit down together for an event at Vanderbilt University to discuss criminal justice reform. The event, “Reform for Redemption: Cyntoia Brown Long… Read More

Watch Here Issues of climate change and sustainability have often been associated with liberal causes and voices. But researchers agree that taking steps to alleviate damage to the environment will require bipartisan action-and partnerships with private enterprises that transcend politics. Professor Michael Vandenbergh, who holds the David Daniels… Read More

 Vanderbilt students are invited to express how they feel about unity and democracy through a new poetry contest. The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy is holding the contest in partnership with the Department of English and Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program. The theme is “what unity through American democracy means… Read More