“The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

In recent weeks, leaders and commentators here and abroad have rightly framed Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine as a struggle between autocracy and democracy. There are good reasons for ...

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a ...

According to President Biden, history is at an inflection point: The future depends on a choice between democracy or autocracy. Is the struggle between democracy and autocracy the defining struggle of ...

It has of late become en vogue, at least in some circles, to claim that the United States, rather than a democracy is, in fact, a republic. This begs the question: What’s the difference? Recently, I ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, coupled with rising attacks on America’s democratic institutions, is a five-alarm fire for donors working to advance gender justice and democracy ...

When U.S. President Joe Biden convenes his second Summit for Democracy on March 29, expectations will be modest. A new report from the research institute Varieties of Democracy suggests that 72 ...

Preserving Democracy is challenging people to share with us how they’re #ReadyToVote2024. We’re also collaborating with the Human Impacts Institute and looking at how democracy and the issue of ...

Journalism and democracy are talked about as if their fate is tied together. But what really are their connections? Can journalism in its current practice protect both democracy and itself? Subbu ...

Mental health is linked to democratic health. During much of the last century, global waves of democracy ushered in systems of self-rule that replaced theocratic institutions of government. By ...

Cambodian opposition politician Kem Sokha greets villagers while making donations in rural Cambodia, in a photo posted to his Facebook page on February 20, 2022. Credit: Facebook/Kem Sokha In his ...