With deep divides and polarization eroding civil discourse, we need the imagination and the skills that artists and designers ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

Jessica Ma’s article about older protesters highlights Brookline seniors’ weekly demonstrations to resist the Trumpian ...

April Reisma, Arkansas Education Association president, speaks against bills to alter the petition-gathering process for ballot initiatives during a press conference at the Capitol on Feb. 17, 2025.

Like many, my heart sank as I heard news of protesters being shot in Kathmandu. Just a week prior, I had been there discussing approaches to urban peacebuilding. The signs of unrest were already ...

Donald Trump likes to say he doesn’t actually lose elections–only the “rigged” ones. Such comments are not mere bluster, like the president’s boasts about golf. They are threats to democracy, which is ...

Is democracy in crisis today? It certainly seems to be, especially as we look over at the United States. Even in countries that have escaped the extreme nature of the crisis in the US — so far — we ...

Half a century ago, Richard Nixon committed perhaps the most egregious abuse of power perpetrated by a president — until Donald Trump came along. Though many Americans associate Watergate with the ...

With her rallying cry for gender equality turning 30 this year, Mrs. Clinton says President Trump and autocratic leaders abroad are steadily dismantling decades of progress. By Lisa Lerer Three ...

The nation’s top economic statistician was fired. Central bank independence is being undermined. The federal government is buying chunks of private companies and demanding cuts of revenue streams.

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

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 ...