Economic booms sparked by capitalism can lead to inequality and then political upheaval. Democracy and capitalism, however, ...

On the overall costs and benefits of technological revolutions, the printing press helped fuel the religious wars of the 16th ...

Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged ...

About 4,000 protesters gathered Saturday at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton for the second "No Kings Day" protest, one ...

From metro areas like Atlanta to rural Calhoun, Georgia residents are joining people nationwide for “No Kings Day,” a ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

While there remains room for improvement, particularly in increasing voter turnout, school boards nevertheless exemplify the ...

Religion focuses on the unknown and the unseen. While religion has been a tremendous force for good, it has also poisoned ...

In terms of local democracy being taught in schools, he said it would be "really useful" and added: "Not just local politics, ...

Nearly 100 Illinois high schools are part of an initiative to strengthen civics education. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin went to their ...