Despite an uncertain path, standing up for your convictions is a “leap of faith” that former President Barack Obama insists is worth making. With such heightened political turmoil today, the question ...

At the Democracy Project today, we’re running a special feature essay from Caleb Nelson, the Spies Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and former law clerk to ...

“Arrest the War Criminal”: Thousands Protest Netanyahu in NYC as He Addresses U.N.

As I mount our beautiful American flag on the front of my house each sunny morning, I say a silent prayer for the continuance of our precious democracy — long may the red, white and blue wave on high ...

Dear friends, thank you very much for inviting me here. Today, I want to share three messages with you all. My first message is that democracy is not just another ideology. Democracy is the system ...

The Supreme Court, once the guardian of our Constitution, has become an accomplice in the unraveling of American democracy. The Republican-appointed majority has not only failed in its duty to ...

Warning signs are sobering. Local reflections can be discouraging. But despair is not the answer. The story of democracy is not written by leaders alone … it is written by ordinary citizens. The good ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...