Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From an oligarchy to a democracy to a constitutional monarchy, there are many ways government can operate. The government is a ...

In the Dec. 31 Post-Bulletin editorial "Stand up for democracy," it said the United States and Israel are the only nations willing to stand up for Iraq and Palestine democracies. Decades ago, we went ...

Often when politicians take actions to undermine democracy, they loudly proclaim that their actions are necessary to “save democracy.” It reminds me of the Vietnam-era line about destroying a village ...

Friends, I am committed to updating you here every other week with my reflections on philanthropy, civil society, and democracy in America. Alas, a sprawling and recalcitrant draft has conspired ...

Professor of History Andrew Donson and the University of Massachusetts History Department held the second and final lecture panel in a series discussing the meaning of democracy in Herter Hall.

I recently finished reading a wonderful book by historian Jon Meachem entitled “Franklin and Winston - An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship.” This traced the enormously consequential partnership ...

A new study reveals that democracy was not limited to ancient Greece, showing shared governance existed across ancient societies worldwide.

If you're an American, you probably assume there's only one kind of democracy, the kind that you grew up with. That would be the democracy where citizens govern themselves through elected ...