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.

February 11, 2021

Black History Is American History

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Community team working on environmental issues in Tonawanda, NY on environmental

February 9, 2021

Forging Equitable Scientist-Community Partnerships for Citizen Science Projects

UCS Science Network

A USDA scientist inspecting wheat

Anson Eaglin/USDA

February 4, 2021

The Scientific Integrity Act’s Reintroduction

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

A Navy officer treats a patient in an intensive care unit.

February 4, 2021

Roundup: As COVID-19 Situation Worsens, Election Results Offer Hope

UCS Science Network

US Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Susan Wynn releases quino into San Diego County

Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

January 30, 2021

Federal Agencies Have Lost Hundreds of Scientists Since 2017. What Comes Next?

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

January 30, 2021

Hundreds of Scientists Lost at the EPA During Past Four Years

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

January 29, 2021

Scientific Integrity, Climate Action and Environmental Justice, Oh My! Science Activists Be Proud!

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Sign outside a retail location for COVID-19 vaccination

Baltimore County Government

January 28, 2021

I Got a COVID-19 Vaccine Early. That Shouldn’t Have Happened.

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Pedro Ramirez, Jr/USFWS

January 28, 2021

Outgoing Administration Gave Thumbs Up to Migratory Bird Massacre. It’s Time to Reverse the Damage.

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

January 27, 2021

A New Day for Science: President Biden’s Big Plan for Scientific Integrity And What Comes Next

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

Residents of Wichita Falls, TX, rallying to the 2020 Census

Pedro Tenorio/US Air Force

January 26, 2021

Biden Moves to Protect the Scientific Integrity of the Census

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Photo: nat693/Adobe Stock

January 26, 2021

President Biden’s Fast Start at the Interior Department

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

Photo courtesy of A.T. Cross Luxury Pens

January 22, 2021

Consequential Biden Actions Nobody Is Talking About

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

January 22, 2021

Using Workshops as a Tool to Build Scientists’ Engagement in Policy

UCS Science Network

David Franklin/Shutterstock

January 22, 2021

The Environmental Justice Movement Moves Front and Center in the Biden Administration

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Trump White House/Flickr

January 19, 2021

New Documents Reveal the Spectacular Unraveling of a Final Trump Polluter Hand-Out

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

USMC/Wikimedia Commons

January 18, 2021

Remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

justgrimes/Flickr

January 15, 2021

President Biden and Vice President Harris Really Will Listen to the Scientists!

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/48244184766/

January 15, 2021

5 (Recent) Actions That Epitomize Andrew Wheeler’s Caustic Chemical Safety Legacy

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Eric G Brown/Shutterstock

January 13, 2021

Restoring Faith and Trust in our Democracy: The Impeachment of Donald Trump

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

The US Capitol seen through a fence with flowers and a US flag inserted in it

Erin Scott/Reuters

January 12, 2021

How to Quarantine a Political Virus: Stopping the Sedition Caucus by Improving Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Tyler Merbler/Flickr

January 8, 2021

We Just Witnessed the Dangers of the Autocratic Disinformation Playbook

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Charlie Riedel/AP

January 8, 2021

After the Insurrection: Accountability, Reform, and the Science of Democracy

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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