Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

CNN recruited "democracy" expert Anne Applebaum, who noted that, "America is a democracy. It was founded as a democracy." W.Scott McGill - stock.adobe.com For as long as I can remember, the left has ...

It has of late become en vogue, at least in some circles, to claim that the United States, rather than a democracy is, in fact, a republic. This begs the question: What’s the difference? Recently, I ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Direct democracy is like two wolves and a cow voting on what’s for dinner. By contrast, a republic system with representative democracy provides minority ...

Thirty years ago, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread belief that democracy would rapidly spread to envelop the whole world. Now we’re worried about whether democracy can survive ...

Strong enthusiasm for democracy has dipped in many countries across the world in the last five years, even as support generally remains high, according to a Pew Research survey released Wednesday. In ...

There is a saying, popular in anarchist circles, that “elections are the means by which we choose the sauce with which we will be basted.” For anarchists there is a deep problem with claims of ...

Map of the United States. The northwestern corner displays an American flag. The lower half of the map displays the U.S. Constitution showing the words, "We the People." John P. Pelissero is director ...