World / Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past forty years have proven ...

Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

Revisiting the origins of American democracy. By Jill Lepore. In 1938, if you had a dollar and seventy-two cents, you could ...

None of us should be silent about the recent use of federal agents by this administration to bully, arrest and investigate political opponents. Just as none of us should accept as normal or okay its ...

Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

Democracy first? Economic model begs to differ. Story by Science X staff • 12m. R ecent studies on economic growth report that preventing the abuse of state power through democratic institutions ...

The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy crisis in the Age of Trump. He is America’s first elected autocrat. His ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned that the "tone of our political discourse" puts freedom at risk, as ...

First, democracy does not require denying that some are fit to rule others. Instead, especially in representative democracy, we might think of it as a procedure for figuring out who is fit to rule ...

First-time presidential voters met to discuss politics and democracy. Here’s what they had to say ... “In the first election I ever voted in, our park tax won by 52 votes.