It seems the epithet of choice among more than a few politicians is to charge an opponent with being “a threat to democracy.” Mostly this accusation is used against Donald Trump, his threat being ...

People around the world generally believe representative democracy is a good way to govern their countries. But as a new Pew Research Center survey highlights, many are dissatisfied with the way it is ...

Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ruling out of the hands of ordinary citizens and puts it in the hands of ...

Every other Tuesday, Civics 101 hosts, Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, join NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. But there's ...

The story of American democracy began in Albany. The roots of democracy started in the small colonial communities where ...

Online you may see arguments that the United States isn't a democracy. Are these claims valid? Democracy is a principle that speaks to the spirit of America. As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “We are ...