On September 15, the world observes International Day of Democracy 2025, focusing on protecting freedoms, promoting equality, and encouraging people to actively participate in decisions that affect ...

Here are the words that leave average Americans cold — and the language that could connect them to the billion-dollar fight to strengthen the country.

Professor of History Andrew Donson and the University of Massachusetts History Department held the second and final lecture panel in a series discussing the meaning of democracy in Herter Hall.

Nwanevu makes three main claims: “that democracy is good, that America is not a democracy, and that America should become a ...

James Fowler, who wrote "Stages of Faith," defines faith as the "universal quality of human meaning making." For many Americans, faith is defined by their religion, and it is their faith that gives ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance.

The United States is a representative democracy, meaning our government officials are elected by citizens to represent their interests in government. A key indicator of a healthy democracy is one ...

President Trump speaks to the press, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local ...

The United States has "about a year" before "democracy completely leaves us," director Rob Reiner told Ali Velshi on MSNBC Sunday. Reiner cited recent deployments of National Guard soldiers to ...

A nationally representative poll designed to gauge Gen Z’s attitude toward democracy contradicts a popularly held belief that the generation born roughly between 1997 and 2012 doesn’t care about it at ...

This president is the embodiment of rule by the people—in ways good and ill.