I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it. In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a ...

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 ...

For some years now, and not only after Trump’s antics, there has been talk of a growing crisis of democracy. Leaving aside ...

It was recently announced that Harvard Law School had obtained a version of the Magna Carta from 1300 for a small price years ago, only just now realizing it was more than just a cheap copy. My wife ...

Photo courtesy of PBS The relationship between democracy and development is one of the most important debates in political ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about pressing issues in legal education and society at large. Preservation Of Democracy Has Emerged As One Of The Most ...

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 ...

It forces India to confront a deeper question: should representation remain tied to a framework that relies almost entirely ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

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, ...