Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, ...

The court has also positioned itself as an implacable enemy of political reform in other spheres. The 2019 decision Rucho v.

America is deeply divided politically, and the signs are everywhere. A recentQuinnipiac University Poll found that 53% of Americans believe democracy is not currently working, while 41% […] ...

The price of being a historical witness can at times be quite steep. One moment, witnesses are confronted with uplifting ...

It’s become common lately to claim that the United States is a republic rather than a democracy, as though these terms are contradictory. LNP | LancasterOnline published the May 19 letter “The United ...

Maspeth: I kept hearing the phrase “democracy in a republic,” so I looked it up on Wikipedia: “The American Creed is a term ...

The New York Times reports that a senior Department of Justice official recently “instructed more than a half dozen U.S.

In regards to the debate as to whether our government is a republic or a democracy: a republic is a form of government where the power is held by the people through elected representatives. A ...

Osita Nwanevu discusses his new book, how our political structure turned up the temperature after Charlie Kirk, and what ...

Suppose that you’re walking down the street and you come to an intersection. There is a man standing there with his dog. You sidle up next to him and say, “Hey, nice dog!” Now suppose that the man ...

The president of the Central African Republic has defended his government’s continued hosting of Russian mercenaries, saying they were helping to bring security to a state that has been threatened by ...