U.S. Sen. Todd Young listens during Indiana's oath of office ceremony Jan. 9, 2023, at the Indiana Statehouse. Hoosiers Young and Gov. Eric Holcomb, on the left, are both sitting out the Republican ...

On March 9, the Colorado State University Democracy Summit hosted a Colorado history panel featuring historians and ...

Modern society despises three sins: laziness, theft and disobedience. Time has been so carefully carved up in our day that not one second is to be wasted. Work has spilled beyond formal hours, carried ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

Interviews and real-life examples explore how Americans are strengthening democracy. A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving Democracy is based on Richard Haass’ best-selling book "The Bill of Obligations: ...

President Biden’s controversial political fundraiser on Wednesday included what appeared to be a critique of Giorgia Meloni’s election victory in Italy. During his speech at the Democratic Governors ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In this excerpt, Mr. White explains who the electors are. Mr. White talked about the history of the Electoral College, the role of the National ...

How did people across 24 nations rate the political environment in their country in 2023? In a word: poorly. Ratings of democracy are generally negative across the 24 countries surveyed. A median of ...

The 2026 Democracy Summit, hosted by Colorado State University’s College of Liberal Arts, welcomed Jake Grumbach, associate ...

Examples of what happened after leaders brought judiciaries to heel elsewhere have helped galvanize opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposals. By Emily Bazelon In proposing his judicial overhaul, ...

I became newly worried about the state of democracy when, a few years ago, my mother was elected president of her neighborhood garden club. Her election wasn’t my worry – far from it. At the time, I ...

Here's what community members had to say in three recent letters to the editor we received. Submit your own thoughts here. Each Sunday, I have Alexa remind me to tune on “In Focus’’ before I leave for ...