A 1787 battle in Sheffield marked the bloody end of Shays’ Rebellion, a Massachusetts uprising that exposed deep economic and ...

The Mayflower Compact changed the course of history by paving the road to democracy and self-governance in America.

NEOSHO, Mo. — Democracy is on display at Neosho’s Crowder College. Through September 8, Crowder’s Longwell Museum is playing host to Voices and Votes-Democracy in America, which is a traveling ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

In a recent editorial, John Hall suggests that religion is an obstacle to American democracy — a relic of “magical thinking” that breeds conflict, division, and impedes progress, driven by modern ...

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People. There is no shortage of ...

Few ideas have shaped the world more profoundly than democracy. It is a concept born in the dust of ancient city-states, refined through centuries of revolution and philosophical debate, and now ...

March 17 is an official holiday in Boston, and not just because everyone gets to celebrate the Irish, one of our city’s great traditions. It’s Evacuation Day, the day the British ended their 11-month ...