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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

Deb Haaland divorces husband after launching campaign for governor

"Voters typically do not care about marital status, and single and married candidates fare equally well," Jennifer Lawless, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, wrote to the Journal. "The challenge with a divorce, of course, is being able to navigate a difficult personal time and a competitive statewide election simultaneously ... If candidates who are in the process of getting divorced tend not to fare well, it's likely because of the personal toll the change in circumstances takes."

Jennifer Lawless

Russia Is a Habitual Treaty Violator

Eric and Eliot welcome Lt. Col. (ret.) Alexander Vindman, former director for Europe on the National Security Council during the first Trump term. They discuss the U.S. government's prioritization of US-Russia relations over Ukraine policy across multiple Administrations and the tendency towards a transactional relationship with Ukraine as well as the degree of agency and responsibility of Ukrainian officials for this chronic state of affairs.

Eric Edelman

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