"An indirect gubernatorial election system would make local democracy more efficient and straightforward while strengthening good governance within our presidential system," he asserted.

But for those looking for some glimmer of hope, it’s also true that it’s likely too early to be so pessimistic about the prospect of American democracy’s survival. There are clear signs that ...

An even greater danger may lie in the shambolic nature of his policymaking. Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.

“This is the most important thing. Because art is one of the most powerful weapons of democracy.” The Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival runs March 6 – 16.

Plus, how the courts, Congress, and ordinary citizens might course-correct American democracy. Julius Caesar pressured the Senate, won popular support by fomenting class warfare, and sported a ...

The biggest change came from Bangladesh, which dropped 25 places. Rebuilding democracy there will be an enormous task after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s longtime autocratic ruler.

Last October, two-thirds of Americans said the erosion of democracy over the next decade was the nation’s most pressing threat. It took just a few days into his second presidency for Donald ...

Such art is apt to be expert, professional—at its worst, stereotyped, imitative, monotonous. Under a democracy, artists produce the kind of art they themselves like. Such art is apt to be ...

Attorneys general from eight states have filed a lawsuit against the Education Department, accusing the agency of unlawfully slashing more than $600 million in federal grants for teacher training ...

Our art critic goes room-by-room through New York’s Gilded Age house museum, reopening after nearly five years. Don’t miss the new upstairs galleries. By Holland Cotter The darkly comic ...

Professor Brooke Harrington joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to break down how tech dynamics can distort democracy, along with Prof. Jason Johnson. Harrington warns of a corporate "hostile takeover" of ...