Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of tyranny: a dictatorship disguised as democracy.

You sit in a cubicle. You stand behind a cash register. You press your knees into the ground, straining to fix a burst pipe. It is a Thursday at 11 a.m., and you are at work.

In 1973, a violent coup installed a military dictatorship, led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, wiping out Chilean democracy in one brutal stroke. “Nobody expected that it would be as bloody as it was ...

The first 100 days of the Trump Administration have tested our nation’s constitutional democracy and the rights of us all. From its recent power grabs and attacks on First Amendment and due process ...

Imagine that you were a high-ranking official in Donald Trump’s administration. Imagine that you believed in the Dark Enlightenment dream of dismantling liberal democracy itself—of “killing ...

South Korean President Yoon's declaration of martial law in December was a wake-up call for Korean citizens, especially the younger generation, to the dire and dangerous state of the country's ...

Silencing and capturing universities and the free press—both of them crucial sources of knowledge essential to democratic self-governance and more—have long been at the top of the ...

The Athens Democracy Forum last week explored the world’s schisms in the face of threats from technology and shifts in the world order. By Roger Cohen Roger Cohen is the Paris bureau chief for ...

Joe Biden began his presidency declaring the promotion of democracy to the centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy. He ends his term with democratic regimes at their shakiest in decades.

In “We the People, Sing Our Song,” an art project/“talking comic book” created by Neil Kendricks that explores the concept of democracy through voting and civic participation, the hardest ...