Many Americans report frustration with the two-party system, in which the Democratic and Republican candidates are seen as ...

If you have your own encouraging examples of what democracy in America looks like, I would love to hear them. You can write ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively initiated ...

When Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted Americans to join the fight against the axis of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial ...

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Protect Democracy founder Ian Bassin talks about victories and setbacks in the effort to thwart authoritarianism ...

We have witnessed two human beings lose their lives on the streets of Minneapolis, their deaths recorded before the eyes of ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

Losing democracy once can make it harder to restore it, even after a democratic government returns to power. University of Birmingham professor Nic Cheeseman analyzed three decades of data.

The Cambridge City Council refused to award the Nathaniel Stickney House — formerly home to The Democracy Center ...