Today, democracies continue to grapple with declining trust and institutional corruption. Athens: Birth of Democracy examines ...

Few ideas have shaped the world more profoundly than democracy. It is a concept born in the dust of ancient city-states, ...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of ...

Tyranny and murder are prologues to democracy, so that’s where Athens: Birth of Democracy — a civics class that clearly does ...

Arab satellite television has accordingly not liked to have long thoughtful discussions about Iraq’s Shia Arabs and their near universal approval of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. Not much ...

The populist wave that crashed over several Latin American countries not so long ago now may be retreating. Across the region, people are waking up to their rulers’ lies and misdeeds and rediscovering ...

Countries where democracy is in trouble share a common pattern, and it’s a worrying one for the United States. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás Supported by By Amanda Taub Amanda Taub ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...