But right now what is at stake is nothing less than a choice between the democracy we've known or a new era of autocracy we will leave to our children and generations to come.

Is the U.S. still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer ...

In the first part of this travelogue, I gave an insight into how Taiwan passed through its teething period in nationhood. In this continuation, I intend to deal more with its democratic structures and ...

Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. The killings in Minneapolis of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been ...

“It feels like a drain has been unblocked,” whispers a construction worker in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. To see Nicolás Maduro—torture enabler, election thief and destroyer of the economy—flushed ...

Dr. Ben-Ghiat is a professor of history at N.Y.U. and the author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present.” “A dictator comes from below and then throws himself in an even deeper hole.” That sentiment ...

For most Americans and Europeans alive today, a world of anarchy probably never felt quite real. Since 1945, the United States and its allies crafted and maintained an order that while neither fully ...

In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously addressed the challenge of defining hard-core pornography by stating, “I know it when I see it.” If we apply that standard to President Donald ...

Stanford will celebrate its fifth annual Democracy Day on Nov. 4 in a day-long celebration of civic engagement marked by events, panels, mixers and activities. Despite it being a non-election year, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented the European Union as a democratic alternative to imperialism and ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the European Union on Thursday as an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” that can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of ...

Michael Fischer’s recent book, How Books Can Save Democracy, is a worthwhile and timely short read for psychiatrists, therapists, and the general public. Fischer is the Dicke Professor in Public ...