Science and Democracy

US EPA

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 and 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

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January 26, 2021

President Biden’s Fast Start at the Interior Department

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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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

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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

Tyler Merbler/Flickr

January 7, 2021

About the Siege of the US Capitol

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Firefighters waist-deep in PFAS-containing foam

Joint Base San Antonio

January 6, 2021

New Year, New EPA: How the Biden Administration Can Catalyze PFAS Action in 2021

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Zac Durant/Unsplash

December 22, 2020

What a Relief! Hopes for the Biden-Harris Administration

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Piti Tangchawalit/Shutterstock

December 18, 2020

Having Faith in Science: Why Loving Thy Neighbor Means Refraining from In-Person Worship

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Man holding Science Rising sign on city street

Omari Spears/UCS

December 18, 2020

This Election Showed Science Really Is Rising!

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Inside the platform of the massive Arecibo Radio Telescope, once the largest radio telescope in the world. Arecibo Observatory/Paulo Friere

December 16, 2020

Rebuild Arecibo Observatory: One Scientist’s Reflection on Advocacy and Research

UCS Science Network