Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone ...

As part of my annual rituals, last month I sent out my school bus survey. Because no one is in charge of connecting bus ...

Democracy deserves more than quick fixes and slogan. The hard work of complexity, coalitions, diverse ideas, and nuanced ...

President Trump speaks to the press, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local ...

Historian Timothy Snyder reminds us that the fight for democracy has always begun with ordinary Americans—through civil disobedience, economic pressure, and creative acts of resistance. “Democracy is ...

Public dissatisfaction with democracy continues to outweigh satisfaction across 12 high-income countries that Pew Research Center has surveyed consistently since 2017. Across that set of countries – ...

The word “democracy” can be so broad that it loses meaning, Matt Watkins argues. Above, a “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C. Philanthropy invests billions in tangible efforts to defend democracy, ...