It doesn’t require an opinion piece in The Drum to illustrate that ‘Riveting Storytelling for All of America’ does not hold a light to the famous strapline ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’.

So what was Plato’s argument? And could it hold the key to understanding why, across the west, confidence in democracy is declining? Looking for something good? Cut through the noise with a ...

The number of Americans who are satisfied with how democracy is working in the U.S. has ticked up from record-low numbers recorded just a year ago, according to a new Gallup survey released on ...

It is no secret that American democracy is in crisis. From the 2020 flood of actions and disinformation that culminated in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, to the repeated threats to weaponize the rule ...

Stung by defeat, in 1972 Democrats tried to embrace democracy by giving primaries more weight — but wound up with a candidate, George McGovern, who lost in a 49-state blowout. Jimmy Carter ...

It's easy to think that once our preferred candidates win, our obligations to democracy are finished until the next election. Scholar and author Eddie Glaude Jr. has spent his career studying the ...

President Joe Biden warned of a rising ultrawealthy “oligarchy” in America that poses a threat to the nation’s democracy, in a grave farewell address delivered Wednesday as he prepares to ...

We look to the address not for policy or ideology but for national self-understanding, an insight into the patriotism that undergirds our democracy. In the MAGA era of American politics ...

Pic: AP Image: Mr Trump is sworn in by Chief Justice Roberts. Pic: AP Image: Vice president JD Vance is sworn in Image: Applause for Donald Trump as he makes his inaugural speech. Pic: Reuters ...

Getty Images Democrats are quick to label President Trump and other Republicans as “threats to democracy,” but their latest proposal in New York poses a far more concrete threat to the ...

The fourth edition of this annual event is set against the theme: Back to the Future: The 30 Years of SA Democracy, reflecting a journey that intertwines the historical rhythms of South Africa ...

If our constitutional democracy doesn’t matter, I don’t know what does. No party prospers by looking weak, and nothing would be more feckless than awaiting a more politically convenient moment ...