At a time of sharp political divides and rapidly changing technological innovation, Archon Fung, co-director of the Program ...

The argument scholars Thomas Hollihan and Kevin Baaske explain in “Arguments and Arguing” that to engage in deliberative democracy, citizens must display the willingness, knowledge, civility, and ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. As the country prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

A group of Catholic and Protestant scholars, church leaders and activists issued a public letter urging Christians in the United States and around the world to defend democracy against intensifying ...

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 ...

Data center projects continue to generate controversy around the country. In part, that’s because a variety of different ...

Given President Trump’s disregard for long-standing political norms and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, many Americans fear that he is hostile to democracy. According to this view, the 49.8 ...

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 ...

Events of the past decade have prompted frenzied discussion of the state of democracy across the globe. In countries across Europe, Latin America, and Asia—as well as, of course, in the United ...

Alarm about the prospects of the United States going authoritarian over the course of Trump’s second term is escalating as his administration defies laws, court rulings and the US constitution itself ...