If society suppresses views it deems unacceptable, those views may never be tested, challenged, or proven wrong. Open debate ...

Barack Obama cautioned that the U.S. is nearing the normalization of behaviors seen in autocratic regimes, drawing parallels to Hungary's political model. He emphasized the importance of facts and ...

As General Asim Munir meets Donald Trump, a look at how Pakistan's army chiefs have shaped national power, from coups and ...

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a temporary restraining order halting the federalization of California's National ...

Yet the rise in China of open technology, which relies on transparency and decentralisation, is awkward for an authoritarian state.

History shows us that the law is important but reaches its full potential only when the people are informed and use it to ...

Dr. Suzan Ma’rouf is a clinical nutritionist at the Patient Friend’s Benevolent Society in Gaza City. “Children are losing ...

Op-ed: Cities have a rare opportunity to absorb the civic energy from one of the largest protests in our nation’s history and translate it into something lasting.

A White House spokesperson said that in America "you have the freedom to display your so-called 'art,' no matter how ugly it ...

The suffocation of culture is part of a pattern of tactics by authoritarian governments as they attempt to stifle dissent in ...

Netanyahu has openly called for the Supreme Leader to be overthrown - but Iran’s opposition remains fragmented ...