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Why aren't there more women in Congress?

Senior Fellow Jennifer Lawless explains how women are just as likely as men to win an election, far less likely to be encouraged to run, and how we can correct this imbalance.

Jennifer Lawless

Biden Tweets Less but Gains More Followers Than Trump in First 100 Days

Senior Fellow Mary Kate Cary, a former speechwriter for former President George H.W. Bush, notes that with limited press conferences Biden could "fill the gap" with Twitter.

Mary Kate Cary

The Presidency

The first 100 days: Meaningful milestone or debunked benchmark?

President Franklin Roosevelt served an unprecedented 4,422 days in office, but his first 100 set a benchmark by which his successors are inevitably measured.

USA Today

The Debrief with Major Garrett

Presidential Studies Director Barbara A. Perry discusses Biden's first 100 days in office.

Barbara A. Perry

Biden's first 100 days is 'stylistic' antithesis of Trump

Barbara A. Perry notes that Biden's calm, rational persona has "come across and calmed the country." Perry is the Director of Presidential Studies at the Miller Center.

Barbara A. Perry

China-born Chloe Zhao sought common ground in Oscars speech

UVA media studies professor Aynne Kokas notes that the circumstances of Zhao's win, suppressed by the Chinese government on a night with record-low Oscar viewership, offer the chance to think about "Nomadland" as art made by humans rather than geopolitical actors.

Aynne Kokas