As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a ...

Perhaps the worst single aspect of America's broken democracy is the fact that it seems virtually impossible to fix, since our system rests on a constitution written 230-odd years ago that is insanely ...

Countries where democracy is in trouble share a common pattern, and it’s a worrying one for the United States. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás Supported by By Amanda Taub Amanda Taub ...

(Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan elected a parliamentary speaker on Friday in a bid to end upheaval and violence and move the country towards a parliamentary democracy, the first in ex-Soviet Central Asia. Here ...