A democracy or a republic? History shows that some Americans are asking the wrong question

As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a ...

Revisiting Bernie’s ‘Democratic Socialism’ speech, ten years later

Before 2015, the term “democratic socialism” was foreign to the American political lexicon. It was certainly not cool among ...
WHYY

These 8 Democrats voted with Republicans on the government shutdown deal. Here’s how they explain it

Eight Democratic senators are facing criticism from their own party for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown. This combination photo of eight senators who are facing ...
The Nation

How Can We Fix American Democracy?

Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially ...
Washington Examiner

Fighting the government-closing Democratic filibuster

FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT-CLOSING DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER. In the last week or so, there have been two conflicting interpretations of what is going on among the Senate Democrats who are using the ...
The Washington Post

Another pointless shutdown. Shut ’em down permanently.

Outside the U.S. Capitol after the Senate advances a bill to end the government shutdown on Monday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The left is furious at the eight Democratic Senate caucus members who ...
Fox News

Democratic lawmakers reel after Senate votes to reopen government: 'Republican-made healthcare crisis'

The Senate struck a late-Sunday deal to begin the path to reopening the government after eight Democrats joined Republicans to reach 60 votes, sparking backlash from those who opposed the spending ...
Foreign Affairs

Can Democracy Still Make a Comeback?

Six months before she died, in October 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published a memorable essay in Foreign Affairs, “The Coming Democratic Revival.” Amid rising pessimism ...
The Conversation

To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do

Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is ...
The Conversation

Local democracy is holding strong, but rural communities are falling behind, new survey of Michigan officials shows

According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy is humming along and city hall is taking care of business. The federal government was shut down in October and ...
Nature

AI has a democracy problem — here’s why

Virginia Eubanks is a journalist, writer and political scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her most recent book is Automating Inequality (2018). In Rewiring Democracy, ...