The Equation

A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

Gretchen Goldman/UCS (artwork by Alicia Eggert, Smithsonian American Art Museum)

January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

two armed federal agents standing in a cloud of tear gas on a suburban street

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Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

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Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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May 25, 2011

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May 24, 2011

Measure Once, Cut Twice

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