Given the tumultuous state of politics in the United States, it’s understandable that many people are asking themselves, “What is democracy?” By definition, democracy is a form of government that ...

Online you may see arguments that the United States isn't a democracy. Are these claims valid? Democracy is a principle that speaks to the spirit of America. As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “We are ...

Everybody knows philosophy is useless. Philosophers have their heads in the clouds having nothing to do with events on the ground. Parents of university students want their kids to earn MD, JD or MBA ...

May 3 (UPI) --Americans, it seems, can both value the idea of democracy and not support it in practice. Since 2016, academics and journalists have expressed concerns that formerly secure democracies ...

Politicians have discussed the need for open government for centuries with questionable results. At OpenUK’s State of Open Conference, Lord Nat Wei of Shoreditch in the UK Government's upper chamber, ...

Though political systems vary across the 24 countries surveyed, 1 citizens in each call for similarly broad changes to government rules and norms. In most countries surveyed, government reform – ...