Reasons to be Cheerful reports on the rise of collective giving groups, where you don't need a huge bank account to watch ...

My Bluesky feed is full of liberals blasting Democratic politicians for not being aggressive enough in response to the ...

After the Cold War, democracy seemed destined to dominate the world. But as authoritarianism rises and liberal institutions face new challenges, is Francis Fukuyama’s famous End of History thesis ...

O n a freezing night in January, several hundred people came to Boston’s Museum of Science for a town hall-style discussion ...

Transparency is the sunlight of democracy. It's a simple concept—without transparency, we can't see what's going on.

An apolitical bureaucracy run by public servants who respect the law is one of the greatest achievements a society can attain ...

Brazilian modern architecture is often celebrated as a landmark of innovation and national identity, projecting the country ...

The political analyst Yuval Levin discusses Trump’s first few weeks in office and the limits of presidential power.

The pandemic reshaped our world in countless ways, but perhaps the most insidious effect is the pervasive feeling of being ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...