As a historian of Christianity, I have studied how religion has been manipulated to bless empires. In the year 325, Constantine declared himself Christian and forged the Christian Empire. In 800, the ...

The trending words about the global political scene as the 20th century closed were democracy, liberalism and globalization. As the Cold War concluded, optimism for a more open and inclusive world ...

The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy crisis in the Age of Trump. He is America’s first elected autocrat.

mass voter challenges have been on the rise. In Georgia, just six people were responsible for submitting approximately 89,000 voter eligibility challenges in 2022, according to Protect Democracy ...

and What It Reveals About America Today." How are you feeling right now in this time of global democracy crisis and authoritarian populism, specifically the rise of Trumpism? How are you making ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts — It should not have come as such a surprise ... said they were satisfied with "the way US democracy is working." American democracy has long promised four things: shared ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed nearly a quarter-century ago, it led to triumphalism about the "end of history" and the ultimate victory of liberal democracy ... prompt the rise of illiberal ...

“America is the greatest democracy in the world ... Jessie Rossman, the legal director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, and a member of Öztürk’s legal team — who argued in front of the ...

In a statement, members of the task force urged attorneys to — quote — "answer the clarion call to defend America's constitutional democracy ... concerned about the rise of political violence ...

Economic inequality in America has increased dramatically ... risk that we are seeing the end of democracy in the United States, and the irreversible rise of White Christian Authoritarianism.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk. Tech billionaire Elon Musk at the campaign launch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, on January 25, 2025 in Halle, Germany.. Sean Gallup ...