Joe Biden at one year Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office Watch the event Donald Trump at one year White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days Watch the event When human nature and Mother Nature collide Living in the Anthropocene Many scientists and observers see emerging a new epoch of geological history dominated by human influence—the “Anthropocene Epoch” The first citizen Modesty is required for a president to become a moral leader Changeup on climate change President Donald Trump has yet to fully address the challenge of climate change About the First Year Project The Miller Center's guide to helping a new president lead the most effective first year possible Selections from the Project One giant pothole America needs a robust, long-term plan to fix its infrastructure, asserts former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood The dangerous first year Watch a First Year video overview of the national security challenges confronting the new president Pre-K prerequisite The new president can ensure that every poor child in America gets two years of preschool Donald Trump, racial pioneer? Miller Center expert Douglas Blackmon argues that Donald Trump could surprise everyone and advance racial dialogue Featured Video Play Video First Year Project Introduction Watch this overview of the First Year Project Featured Publications Trump's First Year Crucible: The President's First Year Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism Presidential Greatness Search First Year The Presidency By the Book: Ronald Reagan Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 40th president Jeff Chidester University of Virginia The Presidency First Words: Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829 In his first speech as president, Andrew Jackson expressed Tom van der Voort Miller Center Taxation Treating America’s Fiscal Myopia Ajay K. Mehrotra argues that the next president should more clearly connect tax and spending policies Ajay K. Mehrotra American Bar Foundation The Presidency By the Book: Jimmy Carter Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 39th president Brian Balogh Miller Center Finance and Banking FDR's first fireside chat: the banking crisis The first of FDR's 30 fireside chats addressed the banking crisis in a uniquely personal way Bryan Craig Miller Center The Presidency By the Book: Gerald Ford Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 38th president Nicole Hemmer Miller Center Load More
The Presidency By the Book: Ronald Reagan Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 40th president Jeff Chidester University of Virginia
The Presidency First Words: Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829 In his first speech as president, Andrew Jackson expressed Tom van der Voort Miller Center
Taxation Treating America’s Fiscal Myopia Ajay K. Mehrotra argues that the next president should more clearly connect tax and spending policies Ajay K. Mehrotra American Bar Foundation
The Presidency By the Book: Jimmy Carter Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 39th president Brian Balogh Miller Center
Finance and Banking FDR's first fireside chat: the banking crisis The first of FDR's 30 fireside chats addressed the banking crisis in a uniquely personal way Bryan Craig Miller Center
The Presidency By the Book: Gerald Ford Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 38th president Nicole Hemmer Miller Center