Science and Democracy

a No Kings protest in front of the US Capitol

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September 9, 2026

The Democracy We Must Protect Together

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

At a rally for funding science at NIH headquarters, a sign reads NO SCIENCE, NO CURE, NO FUTURE

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September 2, 2026

Dear Early-Career Expert: You Are Still Valued

Tosin Fadeyi
Science Network Senior Outreach Coordinator

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September 1, 2026

Cumulative Impacts: From Assessment to Action

Guest Commentary

A woman holds a sign reading "save the civil service, save the USA" at the SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY Rally at USAID HQ at Ronald Reagan Building along 14th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 February 2025

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September 1, 2026

The Trump Administration Is Dismantling One of America’s Greatest Strategic Assets: Its Scientific Workforce

UCS Science Network

A U.S. Border Patrol agent uses personal protective equipment as he takes fingerprints of an individual encountered near Sasabe, Ariz. on March 22, 2020.

US Customs and Border Protection/Jerry Glaser

August 18, 2026

Protecting Science from Government Intimidation

Guest Commentary

A screenshot of the front page of the UCS Attacks on Science Tracker documenting that the current administration has attacked science almost 600 times since taking office until July 31, 2026.

UCS

August 13, 2026

Ask a Scientist: How Do We Track the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science?

Guest Commentary

US National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, US Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ethan Klein, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are having a laugh in the Oval Office behind President Trump as he signs an executive order.

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July 22, 2026

Update: Attacks on Independent Science and How We’re Fighting Back

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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July 21, 2026

Research at Risk: The Latest Proposal to Devastate the National Science Foundation

Kei Koizumi
Senior Advisor

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July 15, 2026

Science Is Under Attack. But Scientists Are Speaking Up

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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July 15, 2026

What Election Data Transparency Is and What It Should Never Be

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

$In a photo refraction, the US Capitol building is pictured in double, with the doubled image askew against a dark blue sky$ Win McNamee/Getty Images

July 7, 2026

Envisioning Federal Scientific Integrity as a Tool to Protect Democracy and Fight Corruption

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

four people in lab coats and goggles carrying out scientific work in a lab

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June 30, 2026

A New Way to Uncover How Science Is Under Attack

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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June 25, 2026

FEMA Review Council Report, Like President Trump, Is Out of Touch with Reality

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

A crowd of protestors in front of the National Archives in Washington DC

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June 24, 2026

The American Project Has Never Been Perfect. It’s Still Worth Fighting For.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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June 24, 2026

A Year in, the Trump Administration is Exercising “Gold Standard” Suppression of Science

UCS Science Network

a black-and-white photo of the 1963 March on Washington, featuring a crowd of people holding signs that say "We Demand Voting Rights Now"

Library of Congress / Unsplash

June 18, 2026

Louisiana v Callais Broke the System. Here’s How We Fix It

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

a hand holds a sign reading "the power of the people is greater than the people in power"

Annice Lyn/Getty Images

June 11, 2026

Ask an Expert: How Can the Science Community Protect Science and Democracy?

Guest Commentary

US Senator Jeff Merkley, speaks during a hearing with Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal in Capitol Hill on April 16, 2026.

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June 9, 2026

The President’s FY27 Budget Request: More Bad News For Science

UCS Science Network

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is pictured seated at a cabinet meeting in 2025. He appears to be looking at an amorphous blob in the corner of the image.

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

June 9, 2026

The Science Community Is Stepping Up. Let’s Go Bigger.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

OMB director Russell Vought testifies before Congress

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June 3, 2026

The Trump Administration Has Launched Its Biggest Threat Yet to Scientific Research. We Can Stop Them.

Alexa S. Dietrich
Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks as he sits at a table

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June 2, 2026

EPA Leadership Strip the Agency of Its Ability to Protect Us from Toxic Chemicals

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

A man holds up a sign reading SCIENCE RISING

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June 1, 2026

Science is Rising: Finding our Power to Protect Science and Democracy

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

a crowd shot of a protest in Washington DC, with the Washington Monument in the background and attendees holding signs highlighting the importance of scientific research

Union of Concerned Scientists

May 28, 2026

A Scientific Method of Resisting

Guest Commentary

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May 26, 2026

A Not So Happy Anniversary: A Year of Deceptive Science “Standards”

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst