I don’t know the politics of Donna Kelce, the mother of NFL superstars Jason and Travis. But it strikes me that the even-handed manner in which this woman shows her love and devotion to her sons, even ...

On the night of Feb. 27, 1933, an arsonist attacked the Reichstag, Germany’s historic parliamentary building. It was a critical moment in the country’s collapse from democracy to dictatorship. Today, ...

What unnerves us most about freedom is the same thing generations of scientists were unconsciously ignoring about the universe—its unpredictability and capacity for disorder. In the classroom, this ...

After 3 1/2 years of war, you might assume everyone in Ukraine right now is demoralized and hunkered down in bunkers, dreading the next drone attack from Russia. But that is not at all what Ukraine is ...

Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing offered his country advice on civic participation as he voted in a general election on ...

Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported that an acolyte of Donald Trump is making big plans for a “post-Constitutional” government through a series of historic changes that would give the ...

He stands guard today atop a granite pedestal near a riverbank in Concord, Massachusetts – a stout, handsome farmer clutching a musket while scanning the horizon for the advancing enemy. He is the ...

What is democracy? And how do we measure how democratic a country is? Democracy is a “foundational, fundamental concept” in political science as well as day-to-day life, says Associate Professor of ...

The start of a new year and a new decade is normally an occasion for reflection, but there is nothing normal about 2020. America will decide whether or not to give Donald Trump four more years in the ...

“DEMOCRACY prevailed”, President-elect Joe Biden declared with a passion that he rarely displayed during the election season. It was the appropriate feeling. After a baseless and dangerous assault on ...