Online you may see arguments that the United States isn't a democracy. Are these claims valid? Democracy is a principle that speaks to the spirit of America. As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “We are ...
Upon the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman what kind of ...
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the country has a few attributes that make it more resilient than you might ...
Ryan D. Enos is a professor of Government. Steven Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and a professor of Government. Democracy is in greater peril today than at any ...
President Joe Biden is tasking every agency and department of the federal government to promote voter engagement. Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto/Shutterstock To bet on the ...
The authors are political scientists who study how democracies come to an end. How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be. Most ...
The results are in, Donald Trump will return to the White House, and so democracy works, right? You betcha, and the fact that Trump is in and Kamala Harris is out should satisfy even the most ...
Politicians have discussed the need for open government for centuries with questionable results. At OpenUK’s State of Open Conference, Lord Nat Wei of Shoreditch in the UK Government's upper chamber, ...
Many countries are exploring how artificial intelligence might help with everything from processing taxes to determining welfare benefits. But a survey shows citizens are not as enthusiastic as their ...