Bipartisan judges are touring the Midwest to warn citizens about the dangers of a politicized judiciary.

The following is an excerpt from “Democracy InAction: How Citizen Apathy Threatens America and What We Can Do About It,” ...

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Jerren Chang urged using civic engagement and technology to rebuild democracy and strengthen communities for future ...

“The principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence were always more important than a single man,” writes James Kloppenberg.

A national survey finds Americans strongly concerned about democratic rights, divided over national pride and the country's trajectory.

I have been in the United States for most of my life. I witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I could ...

Elected officials who do their jobs well are willing to listen to us, converse with us, and learn from us. But we have to ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi will launch a multimillion-dollar politics institute at UC Berkeley when she leaves office, co-teaching a ...

Eight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator, the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating. “Democratic backsliding,” a term originating in ...

In the run-up to July 4, surveys have revealed broad and growing pessimism about the direction of the country.

This documentary about the billionaires who want to rip up society’s rules in favour of CEOs somehow manages to be more entertaining than terrifying. Although at times it’s a close call ...