What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

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

Democrats are ramping up pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in the newest member of Congress. House Speaker Mike ...

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 ...

Africa’s democratic gains are eroding, a new report warns, citing neoliberal economics, colonial currencies and leaders clinging to power. The Open Society Foundations’ latest report, ‘Analysis of the ...

Mr. Dionne is a contributing Opinion writer. Politics are often distorted by arguments rooted in false choices. It’s hard to find a better example than the one Democrats keep wrestling with: Should ...

People who defend the system and those who reject it may share a surprising trait: support for antidemocratic ideas. A new ...

The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

Since 2013, political violence in America has surged, making public service and activism increasingly dangerous. From assassination attempts to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, attacks ...

William Partlett is the Stephen Charles Fellow at the Centre for Public Integrity Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the ...