Protesters hold a massive rally near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, December 7, 2024, calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol's ouster after his martial law attempt. Yoon ...

The debate over democracy and dictatorship is as fierce as ever. Which system truly delivers freedom, stability, and progress? In this video, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of both forms of ...

Whether a glass is half full or half empty is a matter of perspective. The same can be said about the half of Americans who oppose the idea of allowing presidents to rule unilaterally—an exercise of ...

It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It was very proud of itself for its radical new democracy, the first, it was claimed, since the ancient Greeks. Great decision-making power was conferred ...

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of ...

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” That quote is from the writings of H.L. Mencken, reporter for the Baltimore Sun newspaper ...

Stearns is the Venable, Baetjer & Howard Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. He is the author of PARLIAMENTARY AMERICA: The Least Radical Means of Radically Repairing ...

At this point, it should no longer be surprising that Donald Trump’s supporters are unfazed by anything he says, no matter how outrageous. My colleague Marianne LeVine talked to audience members at a ...

Legal experts, political advisors and scholars from across the political spectrum are warning that a second term for Donald Trump could mean effectively ending democracy in America, a threat they say ...

I do not imagine that there are more than a handful of Salon readers who are not familiar with the danger of electing Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States for a second time. It is not ...

As a “Fight Club” of eight senators led by Bernie Sanders challenges Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s handling of President Trump, we speak with Ralph Nader, who has been taking on the ...