As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a ...

Eight Democratic senators are facing criticism from their own party for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown. This combination photo of eight senators who are facing ...

Before 2015, the term “democratic socialism” was foreign to the American political lexicon. It was certainly not cool among ...

Six months before she died, in October 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published a memorable essay in Foreign Affairs, “The Coming Democratic Revival.” Amid rising pessimism ...

Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially ...

When Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024, much of the American establishment responded with a shrug. After all, Trump had been democratically elected, even winning the popular vote. And ...

Outside the U.S. Capitol after the Senate advances a bill to end the government shutdown on Monday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The left is furious at the eight Democratic Senate caucus members who ...

Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is ...

Eight Senate Democrats broke with their party leaders to vote in favor of a House-passed continuing resolution Sunday night, taking a major step toward ending the government shutdown. The House bill ...

According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy is humming along and city hall is taking care of business. The federal government was shut down in October and ...