“Well, I just don’t understand the White House visit,” Charlamagne said. “Now, granted, you know, I’m glad it’s a peaceful transition of power; but what happened to the ‘threat of democracy’ talk?

American democracy is not a true democracy, but rather an oligarchic republic stabilized by elections, managed dissent, and a ...

Democracy Now! discusses the attack on Venezuela with two Venezuelan American scholars: Alejandro Velasco, an associate history professor at New York University, and Miguel Tinker Salas, emeritus ...

During the 2024 campaign, voters were repeatedly told that democracy in America was under threat. Polls show that voters believed that — albeit for different reasons based on their political ...

Orwell got it. Tyrants from across the political spectrum understand what Nazi Goebbels and Communist Stalin said – “He who controls the language controls the world.” The contemporary meaning of words ...

In this preview of an interview to air on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 6, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders talks with CBS News’ Robert Costa about the influence of billionaires such as Elon Musk on the ...

With President Donald Trump now having been in office for more than 100 days, concern is growing that he is accumulating so much executive authority that American democracy is in peril. A New Yorker ...

Here’s some nuts and bolts of why recovering democracy might be tough if a dictatorial president and his associates overstepped traditional boundaries and chose to retain power permanently. We can’t ...

When I lived in China, a decade ago, I often saw propaganda billboards covered in words that supposedly expressed the country’s values: Patriotism. Harmony. Equality. And … Democracy. Indeed, China ...

Re: “Newsom is acting to defend democracy” (Page A6, Aug. 26). Barry Gardin says efforts by Texas to minimize the voices of certain voters while maximizing the voices of others go against the ...