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 ...

Over 2,400 years ago, during the time of the Peloponnesian War that engulfed Greece, the leader of the Greeks, Pericles, delivered his famous ‘Funeral Oration’ to commemorate the soldiers who died in ...

Researchers have carried out a new comprehensive assessment on how different people around the world understand the concept of ‘democracy.’ The results demonstrate that -overwhelmingly- people in ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

It’s a testament to the contradictions of our present barbarity that while the whole world recognizes that crimes against humanity, if not the crime of genocide itself, are being committed by the ...

People all over the world feel economically and culturally insecure. Indian economist Pranab Bardhan says liberal leaders aren’t paying enough attention to that, and that’s led to a growing ...

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 ...

If you access any Chinese state media or pro-state social media published in late 2021, you will be bombarded with attacks on US President Joe Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ and relentless insistence ...

There’s considerable talk about “democracy” and “fascism” these days, as the poles between which our society is supposedly suspended. But what do those words actually mean? If we admit, as I think we ...

Most people in most countries state that they wish to have a democratic government. But the definition of democracy has been constantly contested. Without understanding what people really mean by ...