Pool photo by J. Scott Applewhite But while some Republican leaders stood up for democracy in Trump’s first term, many party leaders are likely to find it more difficult to oppose the incoming ...

Congress’ Republican majority has a responsibility to serve as a check on Trump’s ambitions — but it doesn’t want to exercise ...

Is the United States a model democracy? Not that long ago, I suspect, most Americans would have answered with a resounding ...

Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the ...

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

We are in a moment when, at first glance, it seems that democracy must be saved from the people, not by them. We have seen ...

Marist College found that 73 percent of adults thought there was a serious threat to the future of our democracy. And ...