We dedicate ourselves to a new burst of freedom and decency.” ...

What can Americans of good will from left and right do for the coming anniversary? They can turn to the text of the ...

The US government is already preparing massive celebrations of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution for next ...

A big majority guarantees a party will stay in office but nothing else. The Conservatives had a big enough majority after ...

Americans aren’t used to having to defend democracy. It’s just been a given for so long. After all, it’s the country’s 249th ...

As the countdown begins to the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, what principles can unite these United States?

The demise of one of Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy parties, the League of Social Democrats, is the latest blow to the ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

Speaking about “limits on limiting” democracy shifts the focus to the desired leeway or margin for democratic decision-making, i.e. the scope for its agency. While democracy, again in Plato’s words, ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Maciej Kisilowski thinks most commentators have misunderstood what is really driving many countries’ politics.

University of Regina Professor Marc Spooner analyzes the threats to academia’s public mission.