Now that the Fourth of July has come and gone, Americans begin a year of celebration and reflection as we prepare for next year’s semiquincentennial — 250 years since our Founding Fathers courageously ...

ATLANTA — The Carter Center, along with 12 other U.S. presidential organizations, on Thursday put forth a statement to "renew their commitment to fundamental principles of democracy." The other ...

New research shows Americans' economic circumstances shape their democratic values more than political ideology when forced ...

It is important for us to recognize that we built our American Democracy on principles already established in our mother country, Great Britain. One of the most important principles was made ...

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was created by Congress in 1983 to promote democracy and democratic institutions abroad. It performed valuable ideological and propaganda services during the ...

Since our republic’s earliest days, those who serve our country in uniform have put their lives on the line for what we believe in, including our system of government. In this most important time in ...

Many conservative voters have lost trust in elections, but a team from Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute and the R Street Institute is working to restore it. The group today released a ...

This transformative federal legislation would bolster democracy by expanding the right to vote, combating corruption, and reducing dangerous political extremism. The Freedom to Vote Act remains ...

President Donald Trump gestures to a poster that says “Gulf of America” in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, ...

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 ...