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.

a college grauduation with a student at the center, wearing a cap and gown and facing away from the camera

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April 14, 2025

Losing Academic Freedom Is Too High a Price

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

CDC / Unsplash

April 10, 2025

RFK Jr.’s Incompetence Is Costing Kids’ Lives

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

protestors in front of the US Capitol on April 5, 2025

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April 10, 2025

Ask a Scientist: A Hundred Days of Harm—How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It

Seth Michaels
Senior Science Policy Writer

An American flag with binary code superimposed over it.

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April 9, 2025

Keeping Track: Mapping the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science and Health

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

A person holds a sign reading STOP FIRING FEDERAL WORKERS outside the Atlanta, GA, headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control

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April 4, 2025

Ode to the Federal Scientist

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

four people looking at binders and wearing lab coats.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Unsplash

April 3, 2025

Science Silenced, Justice Denied: The Trump Administration’s Attack on NEJAC

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

A woman in a lab coat standing in a room full of computers

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

April 2, 2025

A Backward March: Another Month of Attacks on Federal Science

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

FEMA

April 1, 2025

7 Takeaways from Trump’s Disaster Preparedness Executive Order and What It Means for US

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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April 1, 2025

Trump’s NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That’s Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

A person holding a sign that reads "DELETE DOGE" was part of a protest in New York City against cuts to the federal workforce.

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March 28, 2025

Hurricane Musk: How to Think About—and Oppose—the Obliteration of the US Scientific Infrastructure

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at the Republican National Convention in 2024.

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March 26, 2025

Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

A demonstrator holds a sign that says EPA within a hand-drawn heart, in a federal building in Washington, DC this February.

Al Drago/Getty Images

March 25, 2025

The EPA’s Research Office Launched My Career. Now It’s in Danger.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor works to remove hazardous waste from a home destroyed in the Eaton Fire on February 11, 2025 in Altadena, California.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

March 24, 2025

EPA Staff Stand Firm As Administration Lobs Cuts, Baseless Accusations, and Cruelty

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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March 21, 2025

Our Environmental Movement Outrageously SLAPPed in the Face

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

A close-up of the top of a graduation cap that reads "right here is a future nurse," from a photo taken at commencement for Bowie State University in Maryland, a Historically Black College/University.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

March 20, 2025

The Threats to Higher Education: A Call to Action

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

a woman in a mask and lab coat gives a woman in a mask a shot in a medical office

Joe Raedle / Getty Images

March 19, 2025

One Month of RFK Jr.: Empty “MAHA” Promises Hide Attacks on Public Health

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

Omari Spears/UCS

March 13, 2025

Whose House? Our House. Why We Must Fight the Theft and Butchering of Our Federal Agencies

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Researchers monitor severe weather on their computers

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images

March 12, 2025

A Hundred Attacks and Counting: What Happened to Federal Science in February

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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March 10, 2025

We Are Charting a Path for Science in the Trump Era

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

President Trump, in the Oval Office, holds up a signed executive order

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March 6, 2025

Trump Administration Extends Its Attempted Power Grab with Executive Orders

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

President Trump signs an executive order at the White House.

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March 6, 2025

President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

March 5, 2025

Musk Is Pushing the Great American Innovation Machine to the Brink

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

a cleanup crew monitors a field near the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site.

Michael Swenson / Getty Images

March 3, 2025

The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

A senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center works on tracking Hurricane Beryl in 2024.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

March 3, 2025

What Does NOAA Do for Us, and How Can We Defend It?

UCS Science Network

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