The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need the most.

Clay tablets from Pylos in southern Greece reveal a 3,000-year-old tax dispute that uncovers Mycenaean Greece’s legal system.

President Trump recently scored a victory with the Supreme Court: The justices agreed to hear his case that his former role as president grants him immunity in the face of federal charges. Among the ...

Before philosophers, democracy, and empire, there was a land of scattered tribes surrounded by sea and stone. This video uncovers how geography, trade, and war gave birth to one of the greatest ...

Over 2,400 years ago, during the time of the Peloponnesian War that engulfed Greece, the leader of the Greeks, Pericles, delivered his famous ‘Funeral Oration’ to commemorate the soldiers who died in ...

Democracy is in trouble here and abroad. According to the highly regarded World Values Survey data, most Americans under 60 do not consider it “absolutely essential” to live in a democracy. In fact, ...

Pope arrives in Greece for second leg of trip Address centres on threats to democracy Warns against authoritarianism, populism Pope quotes ancient Greek philosophers and writers ATHENS, Dec 4 (Reuters ...

The right to free speech is something U.S. citizens have access to, but as of late, it has morphed into the fear of speaking ...