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Stand up for facts: How universities can lead America back toward reasoned debate Daniel Diermeier, Opinion contributor Replay Video UP NEXT The mob violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was a deeply disturbing event many of us never thought we would see in our lifetimes. This grave flashpoint, coming amid the COVID-19 pandemic and renewed demands for racial justice, marked the culmination of volatile forces that have been building in an increasingly polarized America for years.  How did we get here? Unfortunately, the nation’s tumult is the result of a cul...

Vanderbilt's hometown of Nashville was a center of the civil rights movement. Photo via Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American DemocracyVanderbilt University, in the red state of Tennessee, today launches the Project on Unity & American Democracy, seeking to counter America's drift from evidence and reason, toward ideological certitude and reflexive partisanship.Details: The project — co-chaired by historian Jon Meacham, former GOP governor Bill Haslam and former Obama White House fellow Samar Ali — will conduct case studies, host conversations, and engage wit...

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy is aimed at solving problems over ideology. Jon Meacham, fmr. Gov. Bill Haslam and professor Samar Ali discuss.

How can a new president restore a sense of normalcy at a time nothing seems normal? Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. takes the oath of office Wednesday amid crises that rival the worst in American history, earning comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration in 1933 during the Great Depression and as storm clouds gathered over Europe. Or Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in 1861 as seven Southern states seceded and the Civil War loomed. But challenges can also be opportunities. Those earlier times of catastrophe forged pivotal moments and presidencies now heralded among the nation's most co...