Across party lines, 84% of survey participants say democracy is in crisis or facing serious challenges, with distinct divides ...

What does it mean to be anti-fascist or pro-fascist? And can we find our way back to a country that values democracy, ...

President Biden recently warned American voters that democracy is on the midterm ballot. "In our bones, we know democracy is at risk," Biden said in the speech. He cited acts of political violence and ...

Contrary to commonly held belief, public classrooms throughout Washington are expected to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day. The Revised Code of Washington (28A.230.140) calls for “appropriate ...

When the current Supreme Court justices who were appointed by Republican presidents (six of the nine-member court) try to justify the elimination of long-standing fundamental constitutional rights, or ...

It was a simple social media post, critical of one of Donald Trump's supporters, who justified his support with a bizarre misreading of the man and his motivations. But to be fair to the people on ...

A new book edited by UB law school faculty member James A. Gardner provides an ambitious and far-reaching roundup of current thought on the state of the world’s democracies and the struggle to make ...

Propaganda is not simply a tool of manipulation, and in fact a professor of communication suggests it may even be a necessary skill for any citizen to address global challenges. After carrying out ...

President Bush argued that toppling Saddam Hussein would enable democracy to take root in the Middle East. But that has not happened. Anthropologist Robin Fox, of Rutgers University, says that ...

Development of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins took a major step on Nov. 15, when its first cohort of endowed professors were formally installed. This happened against the backdrop of ...

It is natural to view voting in tactical terms. Especially now, when so much of our conception of democracy is wrapped up solely in the act of voting, it is easy to fall into a way of thinking that ...

In a new study, Australians do not fully understand what’s at stake if Taiwan’s democracy is threatened by China.