Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We asked 5 experts to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of democratic governance, taking as their prompt Winston Churchill’s ...

If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team. Unfortunately, global democracy is a field divided. And not primarily by ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

A third of Turkish adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in their country, while the other two-thirds express dissatisfaction. More than a third (37%) say they are not satisfied at ...

Democracy” is one of the most frequently invoked yet least understood words in contemporary politics. It is used to praise, warn, accuse and moralize. We hear that democracy is “under threat” or that ...

Want to feel better about the state of the nation — or at least this small corner of it? Spend some time at a traditional New Hampshire town meeting. Not only will you witness what’s been described as ...

As noted in several previous articles, our Founding Fathers were not believers in democracy. “Democracy is the vile form of government,” wrote James Madison, the man given most credit for producing ...

Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Raina Raskin Mr. Douthat is a Times Opinion columnist and the host of the “Interesting ...

James Walter previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. We are social beings. So, within every group, decisions must be made about how to live together, preserving wellbeing and ...

When asked what excites them most about improving democracy, one priority clearly stood out. 28% of respondents selected developing long-term plans for systemic change and another 18% emphasized ...

Democracy, in its truest Aristotelian sense, appears to be residing more comfortably in textbooks than in the realities of governance. Nowhere is this paradox more acute than in Pakistan, a nation ...