Last time in this space we explored the various forms of government that have existed in our world. History records seven of ...

Given the tumultuous state of politics in the United States, it’s understandable that many people are asking themselves, “What is democracy?” By definition, democracy is a form of government that ...

Online you may see arguments that the United States isn't a democracy. Are these claims valid? Democracy is a principle that speaks to the spirit of America. As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “We are ...

The debate over the future of American education has become a proxy war over the very meaning of democracy. The evisceration of th ...

Democracy, often hailed as the epitome of a government of the people, for the people, and by the people, is a system in which the power is vested in the hands of the citizens, exercised through free ...

Ryan D. Enos is a professor of Government. Steven Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and a professor of Government. Democracy is in greater peril today than at any ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential ...

Politicians have discussed the need for open government for centuries with questionable results. At OpenUK’s State of Open Conference, Lord Nat Wei of Shoreditch in the UK Government's upper chamber, ...