A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance. By Serge Schmemann ...

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding,” journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the way out of Trump’s authoritarian morass begins with ...

Nwanevu makes three main claims: “that democracy is good, that America is not a democracy, and that America should become a democracy through the transformation not only of our political institutions ...

St. Augustine of Hippo in his work City of God explored a definition of a “people” which ought to retain our attention.

The Constitution is lauded as the cornerstone of our democracy. But what if it’s the reason we don’t actually have one?

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, staggering on like zombie institutions, giving the impression that ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that democracy risks collapse if it continued to be practiced in its current form without urgent reforms. Speaking on Wednesday at the Democracy Dialogue ...

African leaders and elder statesmen have warned about the impending collapse of democracy in the continent if urgent and strategic actions are not taken by all stakeholders. The leaders, including ...

Five companies—five—now control 90 percent of the media marketplace. And they are showing no commitment to anything resembling the public interest.

Banning speech that is hateful or generally threatening is problematic because someone must decide what crosses the line, and that someone, too often, will be whichever political party controls ...

It is this: concrete ways in which dominatory power is confined, and mass participation is set free. This is not just a glorious political project in itself, it is also the only way the left will win ...