Online you may see arguments that the United States isn't a democracy. Are these claims valid? Democracy is a principle that speaks to the spirit of America. As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “We are ...

The writers recount how Americans have risen up in the past to assert their freedoms, and they call on their generation to do it again.

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

Upon the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman what kind of ...

Only about half of young Americans in a poll released Wednesday say democracy is the greatest form of government. A poll from The Economist/YouGov shows that among U.S. adults surveyed, support for ...

Given the tumultuous state of politics in the United States, it’s understandable that many people are asking themselves, “What is democracy?” By definition, democracy is a form of government that ...

The solution to an unresponsive democracy is not replacing it with autocracy, but instead building a stronger system answerable to the people. Instead of helping to solve these pressing issues, ...

University of Virginia politics professor John Owen’s latest book thinks about forms of government the way biologists think about evolution. “I have studied the effects of democracy on international ...

Meet the man who has been advocating to replace American democracy with an all-powerful monarchy — and who has the ear of some of the most important people in Washington and Silicon Valley. Curtis ...

A third of Turkish adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in their country, while the other two-thirds express dissatisfaction. More than a third (37%) say they are not satisfied at ...