Science and Democracy

The partnership between science and democracy is as fragile today as ever before. Our experts keep you informed on the latest developments, from Capitol Hill to local communities.

Scientist examines the result of a plaque assay

July 16, 2021

The White House Wants Your Advice on Improving Scientific Integrity

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

LadyDragonflyCC/Flickr

July 15, 2021

The Little Chemical Agency That Could…and Should Do More to Prevent Chemical Disasters

Genna Reed
Former Staff

a group of people hold signs demonstrating against the Bresco trash incinerator, which is visible in the background

South Baltimore Land Trust

July 15, 2021

Stop the Burn, Save Lives: The case for a community-led zero waste model in Baltimore

UCS Science Network

HarshLight/Flickr

July 13, 2021

How a Powerful and Secretive White House Office Can Become a Force for Equity and Justice

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Klaus Eppele/Adobe Stock

July 12, 2021

COVID-19 and Eco-Pandemic Injustice

UCS Science Network

July 12, 2021

Just When You Assumed It Was Safe to Go Outside, the Delta Variant Strikes

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Yvette Arellano/TEJAS

July 7, 2021

Risk Managed? New Report Finds Chemical Disaster Risks from Climate Change

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

Black woman holding up sign at voting rights march

MIchael Fleshman/Flickr

July 7, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Defending the Right to Vote

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Science Rising sign held up at a march with the US Capitol in the background.

Ja-Rei Wang/UCS

July 6, 2021

How One Science Nerd Became Involved in Movement Building

Melissa Varga
Science Network Senior Manager

Immo Wegmann/Unsplash

June 24, 2021

DOJ’s Forensic Science Guidance is Putting the Innocent At-Risk

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Phil Roeder/Flickr

June 23, 2021

Election Protection: Congress may have failed to act For the People, but they can still prevent election subversion

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Cherry blossoms and the Washington mounment

Andy He/Unsplash

June 23, 2021

DC Statehood is Our Right

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Jonathan Ford/Unsplash

June 23, 2021

Using Science for Equitable Policies: A framework for climate scientists

UCS Science Network

Reject Keystone XL -- NOW Protest Seattle. Damien Conway/flickr

June 21, 2021

Keystone Cancellation Is a Hard-Won Victory for a Social Movement That Must Keep Pushing for More

UCS Science Network

Bermix Studio/Unsplash

June 16, 2021

Why did the FDA Ignore the Science When Approving New Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm?

Genna Reed
Former Staff

NurPhoto/Getty Images

June 15, 2021

Science Activism After Trump

UCS Science Network

Yvette Arellano/TEJAS

June 15, 2021

Public Comment: EPA Must Consider Climate Change When Reforming Chemical Disaster Rule

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

US National Archives

June 11, 2021

New Legislation Addresses Legacies of Pollution in Environmental Justice Communities

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Beto Lugo-Martínez

June 8, 2021

In Armourdale, Kansas, CleanAirNow Envisions a More Equitable and Just Future

Genna Reed
Former Staff

riot police with gas masks during the Oakland, CA protests in 2010

Thomas Hawk/flickr

June 8, 2021

Scientists Cannot Sit Comfortably Around Police Violence. We Have a Role in Helping End this Epidemic.

UCS Science Network

Beto Lugo-Martínez

June 8, 2021

En Armourdale, Kansas, CleanAirNow imagina un futuro más equitativo y justo

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Red light on emergency vehicle outside the US Capitol

US Department of Homeland Security/Wikimedia

June 3, 2021

Top Political Scientists Release Dire Warning: Our Entire Democracy Is at Risk

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

DenisProduction/Shutterstock

June 3, 2021

Tyranny of the Minority? — The Filibuster: Democracy at Risk

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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