It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It was very proud of itself for its radical new democracy, the first, it was claimed, since the ancient Greeks. Great decision-making power was conferred ...

The centerpiece of 250 years of American democracy has been how our courts have interpreted and decided the legality of laws passed by Congress and executive orders issued by Presidents, based on the ...

Dec. 14 (UPI) --Although counterintuitive, the impeachment in South Korea demonstrates the strength of Korean democracy. Yes, it is a messy democracy. However, it is a strong and resilient democracy.

Presently, most countries in the world are governed through two main systems: democracy and dictatorship, each with its own significant advantages and disadvantages. Democracy is a system in which ...