Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as "the most dangerous person in the world" Attacks on schools and teachers have ...

Democracy in the United States has never been a gift from the powerful. It has always been won, expanded and defended by those forced to live on the margins. And no people have done more to create, ...

A general election may be the most significant logistical undertaking in peacetime. However, conducting one is not as demanding, cumbersome, violenceprone, or challenging as by-elections and ...