Our democracy is like a teenager testing boundary, pushing norms, seeking individualism, and building self-esteem. I ...

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll reveals that nearly 73% of Americans believe democracy in the United States is at risk, citing political violence and deep partisan divisions as the main threats.

Three-quarters of U.S. adults say the future of democracy faces a serious threat, according to a survey. The latest poll from NPR/PBS News/Marist, shows that when asked if they see a “serious threat” ...

As an elder, I’ve lived through many political crises in this country—but I have never seen an attack on our democracy like this. In the past, there was bipartisan opposition to lawlessness. Today, ...

American children are taught that democracy is the best form of government. I remember teachers saying that popularly elected governments are the “natural” endpoint of all societies. But is this true?

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 ...

How strange. I’ve been going to demonstrations for a long, long while now. I began once upon a distant time in opposition to the nightmarish all-American war in Vietnam. And almost 60 years later, ...

Getting around New York City via the subway system turned out to be easy and pretty cheap, especially for a senior citizen like me. Riding the subway also ...