Get rid of states? Legal scholar Stephen Legomsky, who taught for 34 years at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, has just published a book, “Reimagining the American Union,” that ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

During the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment thinkers realized that human reasoning provided a better understanding of our natural world than the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have noted an uptick in various persons reminding me (and you) that the United States is not a democracy. I've heard it from ...

The United States has one of the oldest constitutions still in effect, but it can seem hard to find true believers. Republicans claim its principles, but let Trump choose its meaning, abrogating ...

Kimmo Elo is a political scientist and University Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland. Recent decades have seen an uptick in anti-democratic rhetoric and disinformation on various online ...

G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and curbs on civil liberties across the world. EIU, our s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The book is a thought experiment. The proposal I’m offering is long term. I realize we need states during the current political ...