For the first time, the Economist Democracy Index is ranking Estonia as a “full democracy” rather than a “flawed” one as it ...

Erik Baker, a lecturer at Harvard University, gave a talk in the Theater on April 17 titled “Entrepreneurship versus Democracy" ...

Perhaps it is time to admit that a new European solidarity is no longer being built from above but from below.

I was born in Romania in 1977, during the final and darkest decade of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist dictatorship. I know what ...

A rating on the health of American democracy indicated the U.S. is in poor shape — and trending in the wrong direction.

Ooh, that smell. The president won’t have to look far to find "homegrown criminals" to deport. He can find one dirty stinkin' felon just by looking in the mirror.

This commentary is by Rev. Devon Thomas, pastor of the Ascension Lutheran Church in South Burlington.

On December 17, 2010, a young, demoralized man staggered angrily into a local government office in central Tunisia. He doused himself in paint thinner and lit a match. Incensed by Ben Ali’s ...

A survey of more than 500 scholars found a consensus that the U.S. is headed toward some from of authoritarianism under the ...

A survey of 520 political experts found a consensus that the United States is descending toward some form of authoritarianism ...

A new poll suggests roughly a fourth of GOP voters support giving the president authority over the rule of law and civic ...

The contest between China and the United States to harness AI’s unprecedented potential has become the defining technological rivalry of a generation.