A collection of more than 300 presidential campaign artifacts – from the brass buttons George Washington wore at his inauguration to condoms bearing the images of the 2016 candidates – are on display ...

It was recently announced that Harvard Law School had obtained a version of the Magna Carta from 1300 for a small price years ago, only just now realizing it was more than just a cheap copy. My wife ...

The George W. Bush Presidential Museum is set to open an exclusive exhibit of rare documents that show the evolution of democracy. It's called "Freedom Matters." "It underscores the history of our ...

Is American democracy broken, as some commenters suggest, or is it deeply imperiled and potentially on the verge of becoming so, as others do? Given what are frequently received as frustrations with ...

Thirty years ago, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread belief that democracy would rapidly spread to envelop the whole world. Now we’re worried about whether democracy can survive ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Alice Austen House is one of 12 museums selected to participate in “A New Agora for New York: Museums as Spaces for Democracy,” a Smithsonian showcase exploring democracy, ...

How did people across 24 nations rate the political environment in their country in 2023? In a word: poorly. Ratings of democracy are generally negative across the 24 countries surveyed. A median of ...