Influences on the Midterm Elections

For years, America’s political parties have ignored the rising national debt. Economist Jessica Riedl argues that this may soon lead to an economic crisis.

On the April 2025 livestream, UW faculty described what’s at stake when the federal government threatens to cap research grants: America could lose...

Federal research grants are critical to making the discoveries in basic science that will lead to cures for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS.

By threatening to cap funding for NIH grants, the federal government risks undercutting promising research that could lead to treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias. On the UW Now Live, Professor Sterling Johnson discusses the current stat...

The UW’s researcher-in-chief Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska talks funding cuts and opportunities.

Professors Yoshiko Herrera and Andrew Kydd join Mike Knetter for a conversation about the state of the conflict in Ukraine, three years after Russi...

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Trump administration appears ready to cut support for Ukraine and promote Russia’s position. Accordin...

In just two months, the Trump administration has changed America’s position in the Ukraine war, from helping defend a democracy and supporting Euro...

As the U.S. adds more tariffs, things will be more expensive — but then that’s the point of tariffs.

Political scientist Jon Pevehouse breaks down Trump’s early international trade moves.

For years, America’s political parties have ignored the rising national debt. Economist Jessica Riedl argues that this may soon lead to an economic crisis.

On the April 2025 livestream, UW faculty described what’s at stake when the federal government threatens to cap research grants: America could lose...

Federal research grants are critical to making the discoveries in basic science that will lead to cures for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS.

By threatening to cap funding for NIH grants, the federal government risks undercutting promising research that could lead to treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias. On the UW Now Live, Professor Sterling Johnson discusses the current stat...

The UW’s researcher-in-chief Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska talks funding cuts and opportunities.

Professors Yoshiko Herrera and Andrew Kydd join Mike Knetter for a conversation about the state of the conflict in Ukraine, three years after Russi...

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Trump administration appears ready to cut support for Ukraine and promote Russia’s position. Accordin...

In just two months, the Trump administration has changed America’s position in the Ukraine war, from helping defend a democracy and supporting Euro...

As the U.S. adds more tariffs, things will be more expensive — but then that’s the point of tariffs.

Political scientist Jon Pevehouse breaks down Trump’s early international trade moves.