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Understanding that we are in fact undergoing psychological processes of grief can help us cope and respond as effectively as ...

Despite what many strategists say, it’s short-sighted and dangerous to assume kitchen-table issues matter more than Trump’s growing authoritarianism.

Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

Bill Kristol said the state of American democracy is “not great” right now. As someone who served as the chief of staff for former Vice President Dan Quayle during the George H. W. Bush admission, he ...

On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

"Our democracy needs better conversation. We need more robust ways to talk to one another about difficult and important ...

What will it take to strengthen democracy in a time of division? Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer, Howard Law School professor and former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has dedicated ...

In 60% of races on Tuesday, there was only one option for voters, or for some roles, no candidate at all. Democracy only ...

A coup toppled his government in 1948, and democracy would not reemerge in Venezuela for another decade. By then Betancourt had learned his lesson: He shared power with other major parties, a move ...