We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, ...

MINOT — I'm not a fan of democracy so much as I hate the alternatives. That's heresy, I know. In America, we're taught to love democracy — vox populi, vox dei, and all that jazz. And sure, in the ...

Just days before the presidential election, U.S. political divisions are bitter and deep, and polarization seems like a permanent condition. But a new approach developed by UC Berkeley researchers ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action in 2023, leaders have struggled to respond to the backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As the nation inches closer to election ...

The case is reminiscent of civil rights battles in a long-ago era: Alabama’s Republican lawmakers, drawing seven new congressional districts in 2021, split the state’s broad “Black belt” among four ...

Matthew Wilson is affiliated with the Varieties of Democracy Institute (https://v-dem.net/about/v-dem-institute/scholars-and-staff/). The surveys have sounded alarms ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on "FOX News Sunday" that EU countries and Ukraine's Zelensky say they are fighting for "freedom and democracy," but, "when we actually look at ...

Representative democracy is based on a fundamental set of values — power is derived from the people through republican (representative) government. The “Office of Citizen” is the highest office in the ...

Taiwan renews its emphasis on values-based diplomacy, pioneered by former president Chen Shui-bian, in an attempt to make themselves an attractive alternative to China for alliances and trade ...

Re: Deborah “Deb” Baber’s April 3 letter, “Keeping artwork out of election”: For some, confabulation of processes and programs is a convenient way to throw knives. The result of my fellow American’s ...

A participant displays a placard with the lettering 'Democracy' to demonstrate against the far right and to condemn attacks on politicians, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on May 5 ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The war in Gaza has focused attention once again on the search for solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The solution favored by ...