Cities do not—and should not—provide sanctuary for criminals against federal enforcement. Instead, they are creating a ...

Over the decades, various methods have been used or proposed by pro-democracy forces to end military rule, but none has ...

The Big Beautiful Bill proposes devastating cuts to clean energy, climate investments, worker protections and infrastructure.

Evan Osnos on how the rise of the ultrarich—and their increasing detachment from reality—could be the downfall of democracy.

The Black Papers continue a proud tradition of truth-telling, from the 1968 Kerner Commission to the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana.

Yet, Fukuyama’s argument is oddly straightforward and even uncontroversial. Liberal democracy’s two greatest ideological competitors—fascism and communism—had taken their best shot and missed.

The theme for this year’s contest was “My Voice in America’s Democracy”. The Patriot Pen Essay was for grades six to eight and the Voice of Democracy Essay was for grades nine and up.

The following essay by Hannah Rollins, a Battle Mountain High School student, won at the local VFW Post level and won second place at the district level. The Vail Daily is publishing the essay on ...

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 ...

Election-interference charges against former President Donald Trump in Atlanta, after his claims of fraud in 2020, make the issue of “democracy” more salient—and more divisive.

With the news that more regional papers are cutting jobs, it’s time we took seriously the damaging effects of losing local papers in non-metropolitan areas.

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 August 24, 2024 ...