Information Marketplace: Ensuring The Public Has The Data

by Joshua D. Clinton,  Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and Professor of Political Science All polls are not created equal. Pre-election polls designed to predict winners can be imprecise because they must figure out two things: First, who is going to vote, and second, who those… Read More

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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

From Paul Mango: “Sometime the American people confuse new information with misinformation. What we knew in January and February of 2020 is radically different about this [COVID-19] virus than what we know today.” – Paul Mango, former deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in the Trump Administration (2018-2021), where he managed Operation Warp Speed  Friends and fellow citizens,  Between… Read More

From Dr. Alex Jahangir: “The best way to save millions of Tennesseans is to encourage vaccinations, to make it easy, and not buy into any rhetoric that vaccinations are problematic or there’s anything bad about them.” -Dr. Alex Jahangir, executive medical director of the Center for Trauma, Burn and Emergency General Surgery… Read More

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to offer humanity enormous benefits, but ensuring that its progress aligns with democratic principles and human rights will require extraordinary coordination—political leaders engaged with technology leaders as partners, not adversaries—to craft a flexible regulatory framework. Read More

REsources and faqs on Covid-19 vaccines:  Getvaccineanswers.org Vaccines.gov Ask an Expert on COVID-19, a video series featuring Vanderbilt doctors, scientists and researchers [row class=well][column number=12] RELATED NEWS:  The Tennessean: “Tennesseans Need More Vaccines and Less Judgment,” (Aug. Read More

This five-part audio series explores the question of how fear conquered truth, the history and origins of the strong grip misinformation and disinformation have on our politics, and how we got here today. The way forward isn’t about nostalgia, it’s not about sentimentality, it’s about seeing things whole.   Read More