The Education Ministry has decided that students will no longer be questioned in their matriculation exams on principles of liberal democracy, socioeconomic rights, the legal status of the Declaration ...

To kick off his Democracy Day breakout session Youth and Democratic Erosion, SNF Agora Fellow Scott Warren asked a small group of first-year students how they feel about the current state of democracy ...

Mr. Mahdawi is a Palestinian human rights advocate and Columbia University student. On April 14, 2025, I was detained during what should have been my citizenship naturalization interview. After more ...

The French-Italian writer Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) famously said: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” This statement appears harsh in view of the many people around the globe ...

To the editor: In Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural address he said, “… it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government." Some of what he went on to say was: ...

Views expressed here represent those of the author and not necessarily of MassLive or The Republican. Readers are invited to share their opinions by emailing to [email protected]. While democracy ...

Events of the past decade have prompted frenzied discussion of the state of democracy across the globe. In countries across Europe, Latin America, and Asia—as well as, of course, in the United ...

Despite being used in both the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill, the term “democracy” is neither defined nor explained in either. This rhetorical and ...