In his book “Cross Purposes,” Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, called President Oaks “the public voice of the church’s civic theology” — the idea that God calls on his ...

More than three-quarters of Americans say democracy is currently under threat, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. Seventy-six percent of likely voters say democracy is ...

Amy Goodman will discuss her career, a new documentary and the role of independent journalism in a shifting media landscape.

The more people use social media, the less likely they are to believe democracy is the best form of government, the survey of ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

Strong majorities of Californians believe democracy is under attack and support enacting a new state Voting Rights Act to ...

Burkina Faso's military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that "people need to forget ...

Myanmar's newly sworn-in President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday that his government has "many challenges to overcome" and ...

Today, Nepal stands at the top in South Asia, with women holding 34.9% of parliamentary seats followed by Pakistan at 21.7% and India at 13.8%. By comparison, Bangladesh’s total representation is ...

Ancient Societies In Mexico And South Asia Were Democratic Long Before Europe Claimed To Invent It In A Nutshell A major new study found that collective, democratic-style governance arose ...

Koo Sze-yiu was a fixture of Hong Kong’s protest scene. Standing out with his close-cropped hair and long gray beard, the ...

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview ...