The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy ...

Those who like to call America a republic often pretend that we are such because we’re not a “direct democracy” (aka a “pure ...

Chaos in American democracy More than two centuries ago, the founding fathers of the US designed a democratic system based on the separation of powers, to ensure checks and balances that would ...

We must stand up for a free press, for quality public education, for an independent judiciary, for dignity, justice and even ...

Advocates invert its meaning to claim any loss for their side is ‘undemocratic.’ ...

Pope Leo XIV, an American and a global citizen, can be a strong advocate for the First Amendment's protection of freedom of conscience.

Decisions made by Donald Trump’s administration in its first 100 days will have impacts on people’s lives around the world.

And America’s republican form of democracy has always wrestled with the same tension that Aristotle faced: How do we share power and wealth? More economic inequality weakens social trust and ...

(AP Photo) Recent political events have sparked renewed discussion around American democracy and what it means to be an “American.” The mainstream media and academia have been studying every move of ...

In a way, Donald Trump has taught us a valuable lesson. His assault on American democracy has shown how fragile and precious democratic institutions are. His contempt for our system of alliances ...