Joe Biden

  • Vanderbilt University

    Words Matter: What an Inaugural Address Means Now

    Presidents’ words create national identity. For better or worse, presidential rhetoric tells the American people who they are. Ultimately, a president’s voice must provide the American people with a concrete vision of how—and more importantly, why—to move forward together. Read More

    Jan. 15, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    To Prove Yeats Wrong

    Joe Biden, a "sensitive soul, equal parts poetry and politics" represents more than the sum of his past policy positions to Black voters. The President-elect's "simple, direct, yet profound humanity" and personal and honest experience with profound, soul-testing grief have cemented the bond between most of the Black electorate and Biden. Read More

    Jan. 12, 2021