In an appearance on the final episode of comedian Marc Maron’s podcast, “WTF,” Obama said President Donald Trump was ...

Economic booms sparked by capitalism can lead to inequality and then political upheaval. Democracy and capitalism, however, ...

Trump’s second term weaponizes distraction and bureaucracy, consolidating power and wealth while eroding democratic norms—an ...

The underlying issue — the usurpation of American democracy by a tyrant — is dead serious. But it’s important that we also ...

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I am not one of those who believe that Donald Trump has already turned America into a dictatorship. Yet the crossing-over ...

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding,” journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

The United States is facing an irreversible decline due to its uncontrollable debt, low student achievement, income and wealth inequality, loss of American identity and patriotism, and a broken ...

We’re told constantly that California leads the nation in this or that – why can’t we lead the nation in doing the right ...

Nwanevu makes three main claims: “that democracy is good, that America is not a democracy, and that America should become a ...

"Standing up for democracy and standing against authoritarians is a core American value," writes Jason Carter.

The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado serves as a powerful symbol of hope for ...