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A democracy is “that form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as ...

Across the world, the defining political struggle isn’t left versus right — it’s whether institutions can restrain leaders who demand personal loyalty over constitutional limits. In Hungary, Turkey ...

For the last 10 years, we’ve been hearing that President Donald Trump will preside over the end of democracy in America. In liberal circles, that assertion is often accepted as fact. For many, the ...

In conversation with KPBS, journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the United States is not a true democracy and needs to fundamentally rethink its political system, rather than trying to reform it from ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump likes to say he doesn’t actually lose elections–only the “rigged” ones. Such comments are not ...

Alongside the widespread disappointment in how democracy is working, a poll also finds that few believe the country’s leaders ...

A gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Dallas field office on Sept. 24, killing one detainee and critically wounding two others. Investigators are treating ...

George Washington, despite initial doubts about his abilities, successfully led the American army to victory against the British. Washington's strategic avoidance of direct confrontation with the ...

How quickly can a government fall? Chile was once one of Latin America's oldest democracies, but that all changed in a matter ...