The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

America was built on a radical premise: that individual liberty is an unalienable, inherent right worth fighting for in the face of tyranny. Revolutionary at the time of our founding, this idea ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

Over 100 students rallied in White Plaza Friday afternoon to support academic freedom and free expression amid the Trump administration’s standoff with U.S. universities. The demonstration, titled ...

On a special episode (first released on May 7, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: As a bulwark against the flood of propaganda and misinformation coming from China and Russia, the United States Agency for ...

Amid the conversation about free speech, democracy-loving Americans should be paying attention to and exercising their right ...

The U.S. ranks below 80 other countries in the 2024 Academic Freedom Index, scoring 0.68 out of 1.00. Over 600 university presidents released a statement defending academic freedom against government ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and grandparents would listen to Voice of America with their ears pressed to the radio, trying to catch words ...

Certainty is not what democracy is about. You don’t have the luxury of sitting on the sidelines until you’re ready to be seen ...

South Africa observed Freedom Day on April 27, commemorating three decades since the historic transition from apartheid to ...

This year’s Freedom Day, celebrated annually on April 27, marks thirty years of democracy under the theme “Freedom and the ...

Five experts reflect on the opposition Tisza party’s resounding victory in the Hungarian election, how the new government ...