Historian Jon Meacham has said “Empathy is the oxygen of democracy.” Certainly that litmus test has never been truer than the ...

A narrative dialogic/visual analysis is adopted to understand whether cartooning helps to document and communicate “empathic ...

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Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat. Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy.

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s ...

Four years after launching an unprecedented attack on democracy, and leaving the White House in disgrace, Donald Trump will return to Washington, DC, as the 47th president of the United States.

The oligarchy predicament is so old that Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, offered significant insights into the nature of oligarchies in his classic work, "Politics." He categorized various ...

Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers ideology and challenges to democracy, both at home and abroad. His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16.

Kamala Harris will deliver her closing arguments in prosecuting the case against Donald Trump and her “forward” vision for ...