History reminds us that progress has never come from moderation or retreat. It has come from people who refused to wait their turn, who organized, resisted, and reshaped the nation. This is not a ...

IT IS easy enough to understand why friends of liberty and of democratic institutions all over the world should be looking anxiously in the direction of France. Since the early part of the year our ...

That same year Mann, the author of “The Magic Mountain” and “Death in Venice,” launched a lecture series across this country. Late in 1938, the published record of Mann’s lectures appeared. Mann ...

Since the founding of the United States, democracy and higher education have been deeply intertwined. The early architects of the republic recognized that democracy requires an educated citizenry ...

2025 AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY - Michael Steele, Jonathan Capehart and Joe Walsh. Chair of the Gwendolyn S. & Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy and former Chair of the RNC, Michael ...

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 ...

Psychologists are in the vanguard of the resistance to Donald Trump. During the election campaign, many mental health professionals warned that Trump is mentally unfit to be President. In the turmoil ...

Bret Schafer discusses AI-driven disinformation and how authoritarian regimes manipulate democracies Authoritarian regimes are using AI to spread propaganda and weaken democracies, says Bret Schafer ...

In a rare set of public remarks, Former President Barack Obama is speaking out about the future of American democracy, warning that the country is "dangerously close" to normalizing behavior ...

Today, Americans are less likely to believe that the U.S. will “cease to be a democracy in the future" than they were three years ago, according to a new Yahoo/YouGov poll. The survey of 1,676 U.S.

The 16th Asia Future Forum, hosted by the Hankyoreh Media Group, kicked off on Thursday at 8:30 am at the Grand Hall of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul, with speakers exploring ...

The Tunisian uprising and subsequent protests in Egypt have sparked discussion about the potential for democracy in the Arab world. Having managed to overthrow their repressive leader, the Tunisian ...