Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned 'neo-reactionary' hollowing out of government is happening in real time ...

President Trump is as American as a man on horseback from the Wild West but also as crafty as a used car salesperson of the 1970s in making sweet deals. He knows how to push the envelope to the limits ...

At first glance, President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed like a continuation of the country’s nearly 250-year-long tradition of peaceful transfers of power, essential to its democracy. And ...

Even before these latest actions, a significant number of Americans were worried about the U.S. becoming less of a democracy and more of an authoritarian state under Trump's second term.

In 2024, more than 70 countries held general elections and almost half of the world’s population went to the polls. The impressive series of elections offered us an exceptional laboratory to observe ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota senator and 2020 presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar delivered opening remarks at Monday’s inauguration of President Donald Trump, with a focus on democracy, finding ...

So what was Plato’s argument? And could it hold the key to understanding why, across the west, confidence in democracy is declining? Looking for something good? Cut through the noise with a ...

This is not just an American crisis. Against a backdrop of global instability, Trump’s return threatens democracy, climate action, and security worldwide. Outlandish rhetoric about annexing ...

“Without a democracy, without a true democracy, we all fall to the wayside of corruption and a government that does not see us as human beings, and I refuse to allow that to stand.” This is ...

We look to the address not for policy or ideology but for national self-understanding, an insight into the patriotism that undergirds our democracy. In the MAGA era of American politics ...

Your vote on Nov. 5 was important but it was not enough. So for those of us who consider ourselves foot soldiers for democracy, a brand new job has begun — and that job is to find and pave a way ...

It is no secret that American democracy is in crisis. From the 2020 flood of actions and disinformation that culminated in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, to the repeated threats to weaponize the rule ...