Area residents reflect on nation’s upcoming 250th birthday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From an oligarchy to a democracy to a constitutional monarchy, there are many ways government can operate. The government is a ...

Texas A&M University Professor Dr. Kirby Goidel reflects on the "march of democracy" as America's 247th birthday nears. A professor of political science in the Bush School of Government and Public ...

Winston Churchill famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government—except for all those other forms that have been tried." However, that presumes people agree on what the term actually means.

Juneteenth offers an opportunity to reflect on and learn from the past and consider what freedom, citizenship and democracy ...

Often when politicians take actions to undermine democracy, they loudly proclaim that their actions are necessary to “save democracy.” It reminds me of the Vietnam-era line about destroying a village ...

Professor of History Andrew Donson and the University of Massachusetts History Department held the second and final lecture panel in a series discussing the meaning of democracy in Herter Hall.

This weekend we’re having a 25 th reunion and reflection on the youth civic empowerment initiative Public Achievement, in Dayton, Ohio. It reminds me how much I’ve always thought “culture” first, not ...

Friends, I am committed to updating you here every other week with my reflections on philanthropy, civil society, and democracy in America. Alas, a sprawling and recalcitrant draft has conspired ...

On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff speaks to Vice President Kamala Harris about the state of American democracy, the Democrats' agenda and the ...