You can be sure that whatever comes next from the people trying to convince you our nation is not a democracy, it won't be ...

On March 4, Bernie Sanders published a statement saying “For 250 years, the United States has supported democracy”, ...

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 ...

The United States has one of the oldest constitutions still in effect, but it can seem hard to find true believers. Republicans claim its principles, but let Trump choose its meaning, abrogating ...

“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 ...

Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...

In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...

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 ...

The bulwarks of self-government have given way under multiple MAGA putsches. Instead of pledging to protect our democracy, Democrats need a plan to restore it Protesters carry a coffin symbolizing the ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...