We have an urgent need to not only change what it means to be civically engaged, but show why it is worth doing so.

Views Editor Denise Perez argues free speech must be protected, even for offensive opinions. Otherwise, it risks becoming a ...

A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as ...

Democracy is backsliding. Valery Perry joins us to discuss threats abroad—and here at home. With one in three global elections contested and turnout falling, democracy is in retreat. Valery Perry, ...

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

Blind optimism is not helpful for those Americans who want to save American democracy. But nor is it the case that democracy in our country is a lost cause. Moreover, pessimism can be immobilizing.

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends ...

“Fascists and autocrats fear what teachers do because they know their brand of greed, hierarchy, and extremism cannot survive in a democracy of diverse, educated citizens,” Weingarten writes, so the ...

With Trump calling on Texas to redistrict to give him five extra Congressional seats, blue states cannot continue to do ...

The Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election, lost the Congress, and effectively forfeited any influence they had on the Supreme Court. Many have been wondering how something like this could ...

Whether left or right, practising the politics of cancellation is always a mistake. Inclusion is always the antidote and the ...

Early next month, Syria will be holding its first parliamentary elections since the fall of Assad. Why true democratic prospects remain dim.