Historically, America has expanded the right to vote — first to all men, regardless of property, then to Black Americans and ...

In practice, most of our experiences of shared realities are not involved in truth. Think of myths, neighbourly feeling, or ...

POINTE DU HOC, France — President Biden returned to Normandy on Friday to hail the U.S. Army Rangers who scaled the cliffs of this seaside town eight decades ago in defense of freedom and democracy, ...

Recent studies have shown declining levels of trust in democratic systems. We asked experts to consider democracy’s strengths ...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly advanced an argument Monday that President Biden poses a greater threat to democracy than Donald Trump, a comment that drew swift ...

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s democracy “used ...

“In our schools our coming generations must learn the most difficult art in the world—the successful management of democracy.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Statement on Education. October 2, 1939 One of the ...

It’s a sign of our troubled times that when asked about the health of their democracies, millions of citizens curse politicians, complain about poor government performance, and express fears that ...

The greatest paradox of modern politics is that there are more elections than ever before in human history, and yet the world is becoming less democratic. Voting will take place in more than 60 ...

Bangkok — Myanmar's government announced Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men ...

As the Supreme Court anticipated when it overturned Roe v. Wade, the battle over abortion rights is now being waged state by state. Nowhere is the fight more intense than in Ohio, which has long been ...