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 ...

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 ...

Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? For well over a decade, scholars and pundits have proclaimed that democracy ...

A third of Turkish adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in their country, while the other two-thirds express dissatisfaction. More than a third (37%) say they are not satisfied at ...

The By-invitation section publishes commentaries by outside thinkers from a wide range of perspectives. For a view calling for China to move towards a constitutional democracy, read a commentary by ...

For some, late 2020 brought with it an air of optimism regarding the fate of right-wing populism. In the United Kingdom, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party faded into obscurity, and the populist right’s GB ...

The final day of the Doha Forum 2025 concluded with a provocative discussion on whether the world s current governance systems can be ...

Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of... Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of civil rights progress ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. To the Editor: Town Meeting, a state holiday, usually held on the first Tuesday in March, is a rare form of direct democracy where residents assemble ...

Recent economic and cultural shifts have opened a window of opportunity. Massive and expanding wealth inequality has given rise to two generations of young people who are ready to rewrite the economic ...

James Walter previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. We are social beings. So, within every group, decisions must be made about how to live together, preserving wellbeing and ...