2020 Census: Be Represented @JMU!
The Census is conducted every ten years in the United States. Mandated under Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the Census provides data necessary to determine how people will be represented in state and federal government. The purpose of the Census is to...
Women Breaking Barriers – A Timeline
2019-2020 marks the 100th anniversary since the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which articulated that, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on...
Reclaiming Higher Education’s Leadership in Support of Civil Education
Reclaiming Higher Education’s Leadership in Support of Civil Education is a new advisory statement from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) that urges higher education leaders to recommit to the ideal of promoting democratic values...
How do the 2020 Census and Supreme Court rulings on partisan gerrymandering impact democratic elections?
2020 is an important year because of elections, but also because the federal government will undergo a decennial census. The census is not just an exercise in bean counting. The framers of the Constitution intended for it to be an important form of political...
JMU Alum Jim Acosta Talks Trump in a New Era of News
Post by Anna Connole, JMU '21 During the Donald Trump presidency, CNN chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta (JMU ‘93), has transitioned from not just covering the news, but being the subject of news himself. Acosta began his press career at WXJM while he was a...
Lessons from the Pain of Northern Ireland’s War
Post by Anna Connole, Democracy Fellow, JMU '21 As twenty one sets of feet shuffled down the streets of Derry, Northern Ireland, their ears were eagerly awaiting the stories they were promised. Derry was our second stop of three on a study abroad, led by JMU School of...