Caylan Hays

As midterm elections near, the ever-changing outlook on the U.S. economy remains at the forefront of voters’ minds. Cutting through the clutter of competing political punditry to uncover an evidence-based understanding of the country’s current economic state remains a challenge.  To that end, the Vanderbilt Project… Read More

By Caroline Friedman Levy, Ph.D., and Matthew Facciani, Ph.D.  Even in these polarized times, policymakers across the ideological spectrum can find common ground on artificial intelligence. Members of Congress from both parties are rooting for AI’s potential to help us cure pediatric cancers and solve some of our… Read More

Friends and fellow citizens,    Midterm elections are right around the corner and our nation’s economy is top of mind for many. This week, I sat down with Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics to discuss the state of… Read More

Friends and fellow citizens,    Author and journalist Keel Hunt joined co-chair Jon Meacham recently to discuss Hunt’s recent book, Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee into the 21st Century and Could Save America. As he describes in his book, throughout… Read More

By Leonora Zilkha Williamson  As the calendar turns toward the next election, I think often of a dinner I tried to organize five years ago with two childhood friends (we’re all nearing 50 and spent youthful summers on the beach). The effort failed because of politics. One friend, an ardent… Read More

Friends and fellow citizens, Campus was a little brighter this week as we welcomed back students and began a new academic year. A new semester offers a fresh start and lends optimism to the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy’s ongoing work to foster unity and bridge America’s deepest… Read More

Subscribe to our newsletter, On Unity, to keep up to date with the Project’s events, research and publications. Friends and fellow citizens, Summer break is coming to a close, but there’s still time to add our newest episode of Unity Talks:… Read More