A democracy is defined by its decision-making process, and not the ideology of its adopted social policies. Over the last ...

Let there be no doubt: Our president is destructive to our democracy. From freedom of the press to our reputation abroad to the fundamentals of voting, he is busy dismantling and discrediting our most ...

It is a particular pleasure for me to be participating in an event hosted by my friend and former boss John Bolton. I have never known a more dedicated public servant than John. I also want to note ...

Politics are pretty toxic as the U.S. presidential election draws near, and grown-ups don't always model the best behavior for teaching respect and civility. So, how should parents talk to their kids ...

When the current Supreme Court justices who were appointed by Republican presidents (six of the nine-member court) try to justify the elimination of long-standing fundamental constitutional rights, or ...

In our first ever live edition of WITHpod, Chris interviews one of America’s most important non-fiction writers — Ta-Nehisi Coates. His books and essays drive national conversations about issues like ...

It was a simple social media post, critical of one of Donald Trump's supporters, who justified his support with a bizarre misreading of the man and his motivations. But to be fair to the people on ...

The economic policies of Swedish social democrats were not the product of one centralized authority but, rather, a series of initiatives influenced by many political actors and inspired by egalitarian ...

Senior Researcher and Executive Director, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) Graduate Institute - Institut ...

Democracy exists if and when a community organizes its self-governance around the full participation, on an equal basis, of all the members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a ...

President Bush argued that toppling Saddam Hussein would enable democracy to take root in the Middle East. But that has not happened. Anthropologist Robin Fox, of Rutgers University, says that ...

Americans are constantly being warned that Donald Trump’s presidency means the end of American democracy — this from not simply obvious partisans but Hollywood and TV, the nation’s top journalists and ...