My younger readers might find this piece of interest in their attempts at understanding what democracy means. If democracy is a sentiment, it can assert itself by the force of practice and persistence ...

American democracy is not a true democracy, but rather an oligarchic republic stabilized by elections, managed dissent, and a ...

Democracy is not a gift, nor a given; it is the hard-earned result of generations of struggle, sacrifice, and resistance. That is why I believe democratic ideals and institutions must be fiercely ...

When I lived in China, a decade ago, I often saw propaganda billboards covered in words that supposedly expressed the country’s values: Patriotism. Harmony. Equality. And … Democracy. Indeed, China ...

Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was abroad during a 1975 coup that killed her father, independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and wiped out most of her immediate ...

I am writing to comment on the election theme “Save Our Democracy – Vote.” What is “democracy”? Democracy is the right to vote as the means of expressing the will of a majority of voters and the ...

Jason Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter and Chair of the Carter Center Board of Trustees, at the 2024 in Chicago on August 20, 2024. Credit - Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images Democracies ...

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 ...

The French-Italian writer Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) famously said: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” This statement appears harsh in view of the many people around the globe ...

But democracy does not mean that a vociferous minority will automatically be right, and they cannot decide what truth is. It does not mean that anyone can say anything, and democracy must be able to ...