The lecture examines the long and tangled modern history of Catholicism and democracy, with one eye toward its implications for the study of global history and another toward our understanding of the ...

Ninety-two years ago this month, on Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weimar Republic. In one of the most astonishing political transformations in ...

David Stasavage is the dean for the social sciences and the Julius Silver Professor in New York University’s department of politics and an affiliated professor in NYU School of Law. He is the author ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama, a little-known Sovietologist and deputy director of the State Department’s Office of Policy Planning, published an article in a Washington journal, The National Interest, ...

“Democracy, once taken for granted as an inalienable civic right … now seemed little more than a quaint historical memory amid universal bureaucratic rule of autocratic monarch, oligarchic group, or ...

For the latest on race for president, head to NPR's Election 2024 page. It’s not often that a politician takes a step back. They are often their own biggest champions. But in rare cases, when the ...

History and present-day democracy will meet at Munson in Utica on Election Day. The museum will serve as a polling place for voters from Utica’s Ward 5, District 7 and Ward 2, Districts 7 and 8. And ...