When I lived in China, a decade ago, I often saw propaganda billboards covered in words that supposedly expressed the country’s values: Patriotism. Harmony. Equality. And … Democracy. Indeed, China ...

But democracy does not mean that a vociferous minority will automatically be right, and they cannot decide what truth is. It does not mean that anyone can say anything, and democracy must be able to ...

Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was abroad during a 1975 coup that killed her father, independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and wiped out most of her immediate ...

Democracy is not a gift, nor a given; it is the hard-earned result of generations of struggle, sacrifice, and resistance. That is why I believe democratic ideals and institutions must be fiercely ...

Jason Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter and Chair of the Carter Center Board of Trustees, at the 2024 in Chicago on August 20, 2024. Credit - Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images Democracies ...

With the constant barrage of news, it is easy to focus on the president’s newest outrage. Less obvious, permanent damage is being done to our republic’s founding principle of “democratic capitalism.” ...

The 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship came to a close on Saturday with Georgia securing the women’s national title. Sixteen... King Gyanendra, the current ruler of Nepal, has recently ...

The Apollo Chamber Players rehearse with the HSPVA Chorale. In embarking on a season titled We the People, the Apollo Chamber Players set out to explore the core concepts of America’s founding and how ...

It’s either a triumph for people power or a worrying lurch towards authoritarianism, depending on whom you ask, but Mongolia has a new Prime Minister: Zandanshatar Gombojav, a Russian-educated former ...

Saddam Hussein was a brutal thug who terrorized his own people. He tortured those who disagreed with him and wasn?t afraid to use chemical weapons. He ruled with a strong fist without accountability ...

My mother was born into an America I never imagined experiencing in my lifetime—not at levels she and family members have detailed since my childhood. There was open-air hate, fear, division, and ...