AMHERST — Should voting be a voluntary right or a required civic duty? That question will anchor the 2026 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Freedman Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the ...

Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro spoke about the importance of democracy in the Americas today and his organization’s role in facilitating that democracy at ...

President of South Africa Jacob Zuma discussed the rise of Africa at a lecture on Sunday, saying that Africa has come a long way in terms of establishing peace and democracy. Zuma noted that while ...

What will it take to strengthen democracy in a time of division? Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer, Howard Law School professor and former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has dedicated ...

The Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will welcome Illinois Senate Minority Leader John Curran as the next guest of the “Rebuilding Democracy” lecture series at 2 p.m.

Over the last twenty years, two significant trends have rocked world politics. One is the rapid global spread of connectivity through the internet, smartphones, and social media. The other is the ...

Ukraine does not need lessons about democracy, Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk told Euronews in an interview, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that authorities in Kyiv are ...