Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone ...

You can be sure that whatever comes next from the people trying to convince you our nation is not a democracy, it won't be ...

Politics / Books & the Arts / A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a ...

I write in response to Mr. Samuel Foust’s letter ("Article ignores history, reflects Trump Derangement Syndrome," Oct. 7) about Trump Derangement Syndrome. I wonder if Mr. Foust actually has some ...

I interviewed every president since Nixon. Our nation's identity and future have always been on a fierce and extraordinary ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

Much of the country is afraid: afraid of the government. Afraid of their fellow citizens. Afraid U.S. laws will no longer ...

Next year, the United States will observe the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence. To begin a year of celebration, Donald Trump appeared at the Iowa State Fairground in early July.

It’s become common lately to claim that the United States is a republic rather than a democracy, as though these terms are contradictory. LNP | LancasterOnline published the May 19 letter “The United ...

Ray Watford is a retired production director who worked for newspapers in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson couldn’t be more mistaken in ...

After the massive No Kings protests nationwide, Republicans have dropped their facade of caring about democracy or the ...