Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about pressing issues in legal education and society at large. Preservation Of Democracy Has Emerged As One Of The Most ...

As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a ...

President Biden has seemingly decided that highlighting threats to democracy will help him get some traction in the 2024 election, using his remarks last Thursday at the McCain Institute in Arizona to ...

The title of Olivier Zunz’s biography of Alexis de Tocqueville—“The Man Who Understood Democracy”—would appear to be a direct appeal to readers who believe democracy is, to use one popular formulation ...

A giant American flag is marched down Constitution Avenue during the Fourth of July parade in D.C. on July 4,2023. (Robb Hill for The Washington Post) The Post’s Oct. 21 editorial, “Save the date: ...

David Stasavage is the dean for the social sciences and the Julius Silver Professor in New York University’s department of politics and an affiliated professor in NYU School of Law. He is the author ...

This is the biggest year in the history of democracy. Nearly half the human race will cast a ballot in some form or other of a national election in 2024. It is, optimistic observers say, a reminder ...

“Democracy, once taken for granted as an inalienable civic right … now seemed little more than a quaint historical memory amid universal bureaucratic rule of autocratic monarch, oligarchic group, or ...