Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone ...

Speakers at No Kings rallies across the country Saturday drew comparisons between their own efforts to mobilize with those of ...

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The Oct. 18 No Kings rallies across Wisconsin and the nation drew a number of responses from readers, including calling out ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

Nwanevu makes three main claims: “that democracy is good, that America is not a democracy, and that America should become a democracy through the transformation not only of our political institutions ...

The “No Kings” rallies that dotted American cities this past weekend made headlines for their sheer number and intensity.

Is America a democracy? Reactionaries, such as the activist Charlie Kirk and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, say it is not, never was, and shouldn’t be. They justify the antidemocratic features of the ...

Esther Anatolitis argues for Australia cutting ties with the monarchy in her new book, and has her republican dad and ...

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