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How Did That Happen? UVA Experts Discuss Election Outcome

“We used to assess the economy by gross domestic product, or GDP, one or two quarters before Election Day,” Antholis said. “The GDP at that point was a historically positive number. History tells us that usually bodes well for the incumbent party.”

Melody Barnes, William Antholis

UVa vice provost tapped to lead Biden-Trump State Department transition

UVA vice provost tapped to lead Biden-Trump State Department transition.

Barbara Perry

America's Turning 250, and Donald Trump Is Throwing the Party

"Trump, despite his two marriages to Europeans, as we know, is an isolationist," Barbara Perry, presidential historian and J. Wilson Newman professor of governance at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, told Newsweek.

Barbara Perry

Presidential historian weighs in on 2024 race

Barbara Perry, co-director of the Presidential Oral History program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, joins us for a historical perspective on the 2024 presidential race.

Barbara Perry

Trump's Stunning Ignorance (with John Bolton)

Eric welcomes John Bolton, former Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to Donald Trump. They discuss why Trump is so susceptible to the blandishments of foreign dictators like Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un as well as his abysmal level of basic knowledge of how the U.S. government actually works and international affairs more broadly.

Eric Edelman

As Brown v. Board turns 70, we still have work ahead to make schools equitable for all

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court ruling declaring that racial segregation in public schools violated the U.S. Constitution. To honor the moment, teachers of color from the Kansas City area will gather in Topeka, where the case was filed, to reflect on the progress and promise of education for people of color.

Gerard Robinson