Losing democracy once can make it harder to restore it, even after a democratic government returns to power. University of Birmingham professor Nic Cheeseman analyzed three decades of data.
Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...
Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Raina Raskin Mr. Douthat is a Times Opinion columnist and the host of the “Interesting ...
Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...
The Lagos State chapter of the Omoluabi Progressive, a coalition of young politicians in the Southwest, has called for a more active and inclusive democratic system. This, it said, is to ensure that ...
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 ...
new video loaded: Is Trump a Test or Triumph for Democracy? transcript I mean, a particular kind of conservative will look at something like the British monarchy and say: There’s a kind of mystique to ...