attacks on science

UCS President Gretchen Goldman holds a sign reading Stand up for Science at a march in NYC during Climate Week 2025

Ryan Fleischer/UCS

November 13, 2025

Ask a Scientist: How Is the Scientific Community Meeting This Moment?

Guest Commentary

photo of a group of protesters standing on the side of a road waving signs and a US flag; the sign being held by a woman in the foreground reads "Save science, save lives"

Grant Baldwin/Getty Images

November 5, 2025

Will Politics Put More People’s Health at Risk from Radiation Exposure?

Chanese A. Forté
Scientist

A person holds a sign reading "we are your doctors, teachers, entertainers, brothers, sisters, friends. WE ARE HUMAN!" as they attend a Washington, DC, rally supporting Trans Day of Visibility in 2025.

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

October 31, 2025

President Trump Is Using Lies to Attack Trans Kids and Endanger Their Health: Here Are the Facts

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host

two people stand by a river looking at a chart

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October 20, 2025

In the Dark: Trump Administration Continues to Cancel and Suppress Information

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

In front of a podium hung with signs that read VACCINES WORK, Dr. Roger Mitchell of the National Medical Association speaks during a news conference on vaccine safety and efficacy with Senator Bernie Sanders, doctors, and public health experts on Capitol Hill on September 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

October 2, 2025

Science and Democracy under Siege: a Day in My Life

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

photo of a young man reading a shopping list while pushing a cart through the aisle of a food pantry. The shelves in front of him are labeled "Potato," "Apples," and "Onion."

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

September 23, 2025

The USDA Cancels Annual Hunger Study While Trump Policies Drive Up Food Prices

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Former CDC officials Dan Jernigan, Deb Houry, and Demetre Daskalakis smile as employees and supporters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) line up outside the CDC global headquarters to honor the three leaders who resigned in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of CDC director Susan Monarez, on August 28, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

August 29, 2025

What Happens When Facts Don’t Matter? We’re About to Find Out

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

People holding signs rally in front of the Washington Monument in DC. One sign reads "Science Saves Lives"; another says "Fire DOGE, not me"

Alex Wong/Getty Images

August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

August 14, 2025

Ask a Scientist: How Does Documenting Attacks on Science Stop Authoritarians?

Guest Commentary

Close up on a car dashboard cluster with the check engine warning light on indicating a car failure.

matsou/Getty Images

July 23, 2025

The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

At a 2025 Stand up for Science rally in Boston, a person holds a sign reading "Evidence-Based Outrage"

Omari Spears/UCS

July 21, 2025

Six Months In, UCS Is in the Fight for the Long Haul

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

the White House in Washington, DC

Rene DeAnda / Unsplash

July 21, 2025

New UCS Analysis Documents Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

A scientist explains their research on wildfires at a public science fair in New York City in 2023.

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images

July 1, 2025

Scientists IN Society: From Isolation to Engagement

UCS Science Network

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May 28, 2025

The Crumbling of Bedrock Environmental Policy: We Need to Protect NEPA

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

The White House lawn with construction cranes on it representing a rollback of regulations--this event was held in 2020 to celebrate rolling back NEPA, the subject of this post.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

May 8, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Attacking the Science in the National Environmental Policy Act

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

People carrying signs, one of which reads "facts not fascism," and another "I'm an environmental scientist trying to save the planet you live on. Let me do my job" at the Stand Up for Science 2025 rally at the Lincoln Memorial on March 7, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Alex Wong/Getty Images

May 5, 2025

Science Is Stronger When We Live Our Values: Take the Pledge

UCS Science Network

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April 30, 2025

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)

UCS Science Network

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

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

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

March 28, 2025

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

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

March 5, 2025

Musk Is Pushing the Great American Innovation Machine to the Brink

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Harold Mendoza/Unsplash

February 6, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Targeting Science. The Scientific Integrity Act Could Help Protect It.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Gretchen Goldman/UCS

February 6, 2025

Science at the Table: The Importance of Federal Advisory Committees in Policymaking

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

People take part in the March For Science after a rally on the National Mall on April 14, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

February 4, 2025

Dear Federal Scientists: Please Don’t Give Up

UCS Science Network