Dr. Erskine White, M.Div., Ed.D, is retiring this month after teaching American History for 27 years at the University School of Nashville. If what follows sounds politically partisan, it shouldn’t.

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Dear veterans and current Senators of the United States Congress: Senator Tom Cotton, US Army (R-AR) Senator Tammy Duckworth, US Army (D-IL) Senator Joni Ernst, US Army (R-IA) Senator Jim Inhofe, US ...

Now that the Fourth of July has come and gone, Americans begin a year of celebration and reflection as we prepare for next year’s semiquincentennial — 250 years since our Founding Fathers courageously ...

New research shows Americans' economic circumstances shape their democratic values more than political ideology when forced ...

ATLANTA — The Carter Center, along with 12 other U.S. presidential organizations, on Thursday put forth a statement to "renew their commitment to fundamental principles of democracy." The other ...

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was created by Congress in 1983 to promote democracy and democratic institutions abroad. It performed valuable ideological and propaganda services during the ...

The Center for American Progress and the Center for Strategic and International Studies have collaborated to promote progressive and democratic governance around the world. A freer and more democratic ...

The fascist riot at the U.S. Capitol is a fitting denouement of the Trump Presidency. His incitement of thousands of white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and others caught in the thrall of his ...