Political insiders, GOP legislators and governors, the president, even the Supreme Court—they’re all in on the flagrantly ...
About half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only ...
He was remembered most for the Iraq war, until he called Trump a threat to the republic. At his memorial: Did he change, or ...
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How Can We Fix American Democracy?

Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially ...
You can be sure that whatever comes next from the people trying to convince you our nation is not a democracy, it won't be ...
More than 200 local elections were decided in Westmoreland County on Friday. It was done using an old-fashioned system. It’s ...
John Samples, a vice president at the Cato Institute, argues in A Fourth Republic? that the New Deal era characterized a Third Republic dominated by experts and that this era has come to an end. He ...
Democracy does not exist when political parties are controlled by major donors. Democracy does not exist when it is ...
The enormous military and war expenditures, paid for through deep social cuts, are fundamentally incompatible with democracy.
In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it.
As we witness President Trump’s daily attacks on the rule of law, constitutional rights and democracy, I recall an incident ...
America likes to tell itself stories about freedom, democracy and shared prosperity. But beneath those stories, a quiet ...