Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and ...

Is the US a democracy or a republic? That’s a misleading question, writes a historian of early America. The values of ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

The gunman who allegedly aimed to target President Donald Trump’s Cabinet at an annual dinner celebrating free speech ...

Eight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator, the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating. “Democratic backsliding,” a term originating in ...

In a Late Show interview with Stephen Colbert, former President Barack Obama cautioned that American democracy cannot ...

One day after the Supreme Court stripped federal protections against racially discriminatory voting maps, the longtime ...

A new kind of jury duty will bring 100 people from across Connecticut to New Haven at a time when American democracy is on ...

Now is the time to envision a better electoral system, regardless of who sits on the court.

As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, the Moultonborough Library invites the community to look closer at democracy.