Israel’s military has issued new evacuation orders for neighborhoods of Gaza City as Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest urban area. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians ...

JNU was meant to be an ‘entirely new type of university’ with a robust spirit of critique. Its anti-establishment character ...

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 ...

Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...

Despite an uncertain path, standing up for your convictions is a “leap of faith” that former President Barack Obama insists is worth making. With such heightened political turmoil today, the question ...

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself.

Dear friends, thank you very much for inviting me here. Today, I want to share three messages with you all. My first message is that democracy is not just another ideology. Democracy is the system ...

Syria and the Strongman’s Democracy. Here, Syrian president Ahmad Al-Sharaa approaches the podium to speak during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at ...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better decisions ...

President Trump says he is designating the decentralized anti-fascist movement known as “antifa” as a terrorist organization, as conservatives blame left-wing groups and ideas for creating the ...

Oct. 9 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds ...