OP-ED. Academic Julie Ingersoll shows how the three main currents that make up Christian nationalism have diverged from the ideals that shaped the early United States, by promoting the concept of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We asked 5 experts to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of democratic governance, taking as their prompt Winston Churchill’s ...

A vote center in San Diego County. Courtesy Registrar of Voters If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team.

It’s a sign of our troubled times that when asked about the health of their democracies, millions of citizens curse politicians, complain about poor government performance, and express fears that ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

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 ...

It is not news that liberal democracy, which evolved in various forms in Africa in the aftermath of the Cold War, stands troubled in many countries. How did we get here, and what can be done to invent ...

“If journalists and news executives believe in an essentially elitist form of democracy — or if they’re at least willing to live with it for their own social, political, or financial advantage — then ...

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 ...

The European Union (EU) has said democracy remains the best form of government despite its shortcomings. The EU warned people against playing games with democracy, no matter how imperfect, or despair ...