The fight to reclaim American democracy has to begin with our oligarchic political economy. This piece is excerpted from the author’s The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American ...

I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it. In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a ...

This summer, America turns 250. From Los Angeles to Philadelphia to Trenton, communities across the country will mark a quarter‑millennium of self‑governance. There will be parades and fireworks, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urges better civics education. The justice criticized law schools that fail ...

One in five Europeans says a dictatorship might be preferable to democracy in some circumstances, according to a survey conducted in five countries late last year that found broad frustration with how ...

Across Africa, democracy is being tested – by rising authoritarianism and military coups as well as a growing disconnect between citizens and the institutions meant to represent them. The latest ...