Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. That was true before an assassination attempt was foiled at his golf course Sunday, ...

This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in ...

Across the world, the credibility of elections is declining. That’s the conclusion of a new report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden. Despite a record ...

Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium, which launches Tuesday night, Sept. 17, starts with a premise: Democracy is endangered around ...

This International Day for Democracy, 15 September, is particularly important because 2024 is a big year for democracy. By ...

Discussions on democracy in America and closing the racial economic wealth gap at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's ...

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A recent City Commission meeting turned into a “clown show” as members of the public — one actually wearing a jester hat — ...

Politics is a rough and tumble game that local political experts and historians say is currently filled with anger, finger ...

I had the privilege of watching Adam Kinzinger speak at the Democratic National Convention. His words resonated deeply with me as he spoke about the need to prioritize our country over party politics, ...

Historian Niall Ferguson has downplayed the notion that former US President Donald Trump poses a significant threat to ...

Today's demagogues are the harbingers of a new, 21st-century form of despotism: a corrupted, "phantom democracy" in which periodic elections are held but the rich become super-rich and ...