When Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted Americans to join the fight against the axis of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial ...

WASHINGTON—Freedom House today announced the appointment of Jamie Fly as its Chief Executive Officer, effective February 2, 2026. A widely respected and experienced leader in the fields of democracy ...

While concerns about the future of American democracy dominate headlines worldwide, millions of Texans are already seeing a rapid decline in democratic standards. In December 2024, Texas Attorney ...

Over 100 students rallied in White Plaza Friday afternoon to support academic freedom and free expression amid the Trump administration’s standoff with U.S. universities. The demonstration, titled ...

The University of Kansas will host a series of seminars on topics related to democracy and academic freedom over the next two years, funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. KU shared details ...

It’s winter: dark, dreary and cold. There is a palpable feeling of dread in America as we face the upcoming 2024 political season. Pundits wonder why everyone is so grumpy. Positive economic news ...

CHICAGO - When President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, he invoked the need to “preserve our democracy,” “vote for democracy,” and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speaking in Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, Biden said, “American democracy asks the hardest of things: to believe that we’re a part of ...

The first months of the new Trump Administration have laid bare the web of government technocrats and NGO activists and their public funding. It has never been easier to disregard the narratives these ...

Liisa Laakso receives funding from the Nordic Africa Institute. There is growing interest in the state of academic freedom worldwide. A 1997 Unesco document defines it as the right of scholars to ...

A tension in public education today pits the democratic will of the people against the desire of schoolteachers and professors to be left alone to make their own educational choices. When is it ...