Here are the words that leave average Americans cold — and the language that could connect them to the billion-dollar fight to strengthen the country.

There has been much talk of late about the institution of American democracy and what it takes to preserve it. This discussion has focused largely on the formal legal basis for democratic institutions ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

The demonstrations are expected to bring thousands of Michigan residents to the streets, for the second time this year.

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the way out of Trump’s authoritarian morass begins with ...

For generations, Americans have clung to the idea that our troops fight to protect (and sometimes export) our freedom. But as Americans increasingly fight over what democracy really means domestically ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance.

Mr. Dionne is a contributing Opinion writer. Politics are often distorted by arguments rooted in false choices. It’s hard to find a better example than the one Democrats keep wrestling with: Should ...

COMMENTARY María Corina Machado deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for leading Venezuela's nonviolent democracy movement — but to ...