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 ...

Individuals exercise political control over the form and functions of government. We vote in senators, representatives and presidents. If we decide we don’t like the person we voted for, democracy ...

Africa’s democratic gains are eroding, a new report warns, citing neoliberal economics, colonial currencies and leaders clinging to power. The Open Society Foundations’ latest report, ‘Analysis of the ...

What channel is Thursday Night Football on today? The NFL Week 2 schedule kicks off with a Thursday Night Football game between the Washington Commanders and Green Bay Packers at the Packers' Lambeau ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger shared his fears about the future of democracy as he reflected on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. On Monday, the 78-year-old actor and former Republican governor of California ...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Aaron Terr & Angel Eduardo) have a good rundown. An excerpt: While discussing the assassination of Charlie Kirk and campus antisemitism on The ...

Karrin Vasby Anderson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

After six-and-a-half hours of sifting through ballots in Boston City Hall on Sunday, election workers and volunteers determined that the Sept. 9 preliminary election results were accurate in placing ...

I was working in El Salvador when President Nayib Bukele declared a state of exception. In 2022, after a sudden spike in homicides, he suspended due process and sent soldiers into neighborhoods.

The Kremlin has made another statement about the war against Ukraine. Moscow has called the current stage “the most critical” and “fateful” for Russia, and it must win the war. Putin's spokesperson ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50% tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was “political” and ...