After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

In recent years, some have proposed other animals to help illustrate or describe what they see in the current presidential administration. Last month, a federal judge invoked a classic animal ...

What is the history of democracy in Ukraine? Ukraine has a history that goes back centuries. Aspirations for freedom and justice were often central to its nation-building project, but the history of ...

Ukrainians were shocked to see Volodymyr Zelenskyy lock horns with a seemingly Russia-aligned Donald Trump. They are now ...

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our democracy will eventually become what Bernard Manin in the Principles of Representative Government (1997) called “audience democracy.” Beyond transparency concerns, the absence of prior ...

The biggest change came from Bangladesh, which dropped 25 places. Rebuilding democracy there will be an enormous task after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s longtime autocratic ruler.

The Senate Wednesday afternoon confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. trade representative (USTR), Jamieson Greer. The vote was 56-43. Greer, who previously served as chief of staff ...

If there is an imbalance, if the law makes it either too easy with too much power concentrated in the government at the cost of citizens’ liberties, democracy ends in tyranny. Or, alternatively, if ...

But for those looking for some glimmer of hope, it’s also true that it’s likely too early to be so pessimistic about the prospect of American democracy’s survival. There are clear signs that ...

Noting that the main function of a legislator is to act as a reflection of the people’s will in a representative democracy, Justice Kant said that imposing a disproportionate punishment not only ...

The city is ready for a more inclusive and representative voting system ... and revitalize our democracy with new tools for a new age.