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America Still Needs Jimmy Carter’s Health Care Agenda—Even If It Flopped

Carter’s willingness to tackle the politically perilous task of trying to rein in health care costs offers a template for the kind of leadership and focus needed to address the health care system’s enduring flaws in 2024.

Guian McKee

Remembering Jimmy Carter

“Some consider him to be the nation’s greatest former president,” wrote Robert A. Strong of the Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that focuses on presidential scholarship.

Robert Strong

Jimmy Carter’s Legacy as a Champion of Peace, Public Health, and Affordable Housing

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who tirelessly championed peacekeeping and humanitarian causes after leaving the Oval Office, died on Sunday. He was 100.

Robert Strong

U.S.-Ukraine talks in Riyadh

Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia's Miller Center Mara Rudman speaks with Bloomberg as U.S. and Ukrainian officials meet in Saudi Arabia.

Mara Rudman

Ronald to Donald: Trump’s moves highlight the GOP shift away from Reagan

Barbara Perry, co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Project at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said the central question is whether the changes Trump has brought to the GOP will result in an enduring realignment.

Barbara Perry

Is American Decline an Illusion?

Eliot and Eric welcome Michael Beckley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, to discuss the paradox of American power: Americans always think their country is in decline even when it is going from strength to strength economically and remains the most powerful and dynamic economy in the world.

Eric Edelman