The Slow Dismantling of American Science (and What We Can Do about It)

Photo: The Stand up for Science Protests – March 7, 2025. Photo credit: Geoff Livingston via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Mark H. Histid. Union of Concerned Scientists: The Equation – April 9, 2026. Article was originally published on Can We Still Govern?

I recently attended a conference in which a Bosnian politician, Sabina Ćudić, described a problem she faces that also affects scientists. She said, “I think [many professionals] are… somewhat embarrassed that they’re in politics. And there is this kind of distance: I could be somewhere else, doing something smarter, I could be paid better. There is almost a resentment towards politics.” […]

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