If we continue to go down this road, we are in real danger of losing our beloved democracy. This guest essay reflects the views of Tweed Roosevelt, great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th ...

Human rights activist in Iran. She won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Peace while imprisoned for advocating for women's rights. Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran on Jan. 16, 2024. Human ...

In Africa and the Middle East (with the exception of Israel), democracy has fared less well. Zambia, with a vigorous multiparty system, meets most tests, and Morocco, blessed with 1,100 years of ...

Adapted from “If We Are Brave: Essays From Black Americana,” by Theodore R. Johnson. Altar call at the Southern Black church of my youth was serious business. It was the culmination of Sunday ...

Editor’s note: Each year, nearly 27,000 high school students compete for more than $2 million in scholarships and incentives in the annual Voice of Democracy essay contest sponsored by Veterans of ...

Democracy Needs the Loser The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence. By Barbara F. Walter ...

The Economics Papers aren’t abstract theories but practical visions for wealth-building, tax reform, and entrepreneurship. The Healthcare Paper translates the staggering 12-year life expectancy ...

News release Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6885 announced that Arundhathi Jathin, from Valencia High School, is the first-place applicant in the post’s “Voice of Democracy” essay competition ...

The Patriot Pen Essay was for grades six to eight and the Voice of Democracy Essay was for grades nine and up. A teacher of the year was also awarded by the VFW, and it was Andy Hicock of Troy ...