Letters to the editor reflect the views of individual readers. Today’s issue: Rule by the people vs. Trump's exercise of ...

If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team. Unfortunately, global democracy is a field divided. And not primarily by ...

Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests ...

This president is the embodiment of rule by the people—in ways good and ill.

A new report by philanthropists suggests words to use and avoid when talking about ways to save local news. Including the ...

The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the word "democracy" appeared for the first time in the English language in the ...

Over the last two decades, the percentage of people living in free societies has shrunk by half. Trump's love of autocrats ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

Terry Gerton We have done several stories on this show lately about the safety threats to public workers, and I want to talk about an organization that you p ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends ...

Local lawmakers have released statements in response to Donald Trump becoming the first former U.S. President convicted on criminal charges. A jury of 12 New Yorkers found Trump guilty of falsifying ...