The University of Notre Dame will host a public lecture on politics and democracy featuring George F. Will on Nov. 6. The event, hosted by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, ...

Democracy, once thought to be self-sustaining, is on defense. Like every system before it, democracy has gone through cycles of strength and weakness—but its survival is no longer guaranteed. What is ...

In this segment from Ian Bremmer’s State of the World 2025 address at the GZERO Summit Japan, he explores a future that once seemed unthinkable: an America that functions less like a representative ...

Watching the “No Kings” protests, a friend commented: “Democracy dies when the other side wins. Another rule they wouldn’t want to have turned back on them.” That does seem to be the animating spirit ...

Incumbent Democrat Justin Elicker’s mayoral reelection campaign raised another $17,248 in individual donations — plus $53,290 in public-financing matching funds and grants — between July and September ...

But the Founding Fathers, who favored a republic designed to temper the passions of large assemblies, would not have recognized themselves in the sea of subversives and malcontents at No Kings rallies ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Rep. Mitchell S. Setzer, who represents Catawba and Iredell Counties looks over a ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The Republican war on democracy in North Carolina is apparently boundless. Unsatisfied ...

For years, Holly Madison was Hugh Hefner’s No. 1 girlfriend, living at the Playboy Mansion and starring on the hit E! reality series The Girls Next Door. Looking back, Madison, now 45, remembers how ...

Early Wednesday morning, a 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling the word “DEMOCRACY” was transported from a New York studio to the National Mall by artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, known as ...

Town halls allow voters to directly question their representatives and hold them accountable. Many members of Congress avoid town halls due to the risk of facing angry crowds in viral moments. Indiana ...