The democracy you say you want is only attainable if those you don’t always agree with have access to that same democracy.

It is important for us to recognize that we built our American Democracy on principles already established in our mother country, Great Britain. One of the most important principles was made ...

A new study published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences suggests that the threat does not come from a single ...

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

A new poll finds a majority of Pennsylvanians believe democracy is not working, but remain committed to the principles that ...

There has been much talk about democracy lately. When we think about democracy’s origins, we automatically point to our 18th-century founding fathers. Yet more than a century before, Adriaen van ...

Nearly 100 Illinois high schools are part of an initiative to strengthen civics education. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin went to their ...

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Now that the Fourth of July has come and gone, Americans begin a year of celebration and reflection as we prepare for next year’s semiquincentennial — 250 years since our Founding Fathers courageously ...

The French-Italian writer Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) famously said: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” This statement appears harsh in view of the many people around the globe ...

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