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

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

The price of being a historical witness can at times be quite steep. One moment, witnesses are confronted with uplifting events, just to turn around to be presented with one equally horrifying.

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

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better ...

America was founded on principles embraced by those who had lived and suffered under governments that treated people as ...

Upon the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman what kind of ...

Artillery, missiles, tanks and trench warfare dominated the first years of the war, but no longer, our Ukraine correspondent Marc Santora and his colleagues have reported. Drones do most of the ...

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron invoked Franco-German friendship and called for the defence of democracy in Europe at ...

The Declaration is a call to action — to rebuild our societies around social justice, to make democracy and peace the engines ...

President Donald Trump’s consolidation of power and targeting of his political opponents bring back unnerving memories for ...