The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the word "democracy" appeared for the first time in the English language in the 13th century. It was in a translation of Aristotle's Politics.
The fight to reclaim American democracy has to begin with our oligarchic political economy. This piece is excerpted from the author’s The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American ...
Instead of moving forward, the wheel of history has turned back to the 19 th century world of strongmen and power politics, ...
A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends ...
The Constitution is lauded as the cornerstone of our democracy. But what if it’s the reason we don’t actually have one?
Nwanevu makes three main claims: “that democracy is good, that America is not a democracy, and that America should become a ...
can explain both the timing of the rise of populism, as well as the curious conspiratorial character that it has taken. In ...
The head of Europe's oldest intergovernmental organization has warned that the West is caught in the throes of a series of crises that bears the real risk of undermining democracy, stability and rule ...
In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu ...
Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...