“Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone loses, they say democracy died. Here’s the twist most civics classes rush ...

After a decade and a half of brutal conflict, the Syrian Civil War ended with Bashar al-Assad’s ouster at the hands of a rebel faction. What began in 2011 as peaceful protests during the Arab Spring ...

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The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

You’re invited to a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar on democratic backsliding and erosion. You’re invited to join ...

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People. There is no shortage of ...

To celebrate her 70th birthday, retired government worker Peggy Cole says she and a friend drove nearly 10 hours from her hometown of Flint, Michigan, to join a protest in Washington, DC, on Saturday.

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

"The Venezuela operation makes me very nervous. I'm worried about the competence of a lot of the officials involved" ...

“The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Historians said President Trump’s unorthodox policies and disregard for laws and norms are partly to blame for a ...