There has been much talk of late about the institution of American democracy and what it takes to preserve it. This discussion has focused largely on the formal legal basis for democratic institutions ...

Letters to the editor reflect the views of individual readers. Today’s issue: Rule by the people vs. Trump's exercise of ...

A large, peaceful crowd at the Illinois State Capitol shouted that statement, which was also featured on numerous signs during the No Kings protest rally on Saturday, Oct. 18. Although storms were ...

Economic booms sparked by capitalism can lead to inequality and then political upheaval. Democracy and capitalism, however, tend to improve as a result.

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 ...

The early 20th-century American intellectual, sociologist, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois wrote prolifically about the meaning of race and the democratic ideal. He also thought deeply about ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

In advance of The Stanfield Conversation, CBC asked current Dalhousie University students to answer questions on the topic: ...

Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests ...