I hate voting for the lesser of two evils. But I do it all the time. Once a decade, maybe, I find a candidate I can genuinely support, usually in a local race. No matter your politics, you've probably ...

"We're all going to have to work towards a renewed commitment to pluralist principles, because the alternative is what we've seen here in the United States and in many democracies around the globe.

The Democracy in Troubled Times speaker series held another event in the Old Chapel on Monday Oct. 28, 2024, featuring novelist Danielle Allen discussing a confident pluralist perspective to face ...

Federal immigration enforcement aimed at cities that are home to large immigrant populations rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of how city-led immigrant inclusion policies are making America ...

Barack Obama is the most eloquent promoter of pluralism in American history, and its most inspiring embodiment: child of a white mother from Kansas and a Black father from Kenya, raised in both Hawaii ...

For weeks, Duke faculty have been writing about the "virtues of democracy" and how American democracy, imperfect as it is, is imperiled in modern times. As a faculty member emeritus and a ...

Throughout the public debate about the presidency of Donald Trump, a central question for all of us to consider is how can we reinvigorate our pluralistic political system, including civil and open ...

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Myanmar’s planned elections are expected to consolidate military control and exclude key opposition parties, presenting ...

Federal immigration enforcement aimed at cities that are home to large immigrant populations rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of how city-led immigrant inclusion policies are making America ...