This animated time lapse traces the global evolution of democracy over two centuries, revealing how systems of government have expanded, collapsed, and transformed. It offers a sweeping visual account ...

A collection of more than 300 presidential campaign artifacts – from the brass buttons George Washington wore at his inauguration to condoms bearing the images of the 2016 candidates – are on display ...

Thirty years ago, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread belief that democracy would rapidly spread to envelop the whole world. Now we’re worried about whether democracy can survive ...

John Owen will deliver the keynote lecture for the 2025 Grawemeyer Awards Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Chao Auditorium in the Ekstrom Library on U of L's Belknap campus. He spoke with LPM's Bill Burton ...

Is American democracy broken, as some commenters suggest, or is it deeply imperiled and potentially on the verge of becoming so, as others do? Given what are frequently received as frustrations with ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Alice Austen House is one of 12 museums selected to participate in “A New Agora for New York: Museums as Spaces for Democracy,” a Smithsonian showcase exploring democracy, ...

Given the tumultuous state of politics in the United States, it’s understandable that many people are asking themselves, “What is democracy?” By definition, democracy is a form of government that ...