American foreign policy complicates an already difficult situation for those reporting on the civil war in Myanmar.
Historian Sean Wilentz warns Trump’s second term could mark an unprecedented concentration of power in the hands of a reactionary movement.
There are lots of ways to increase voter turnout and lessen the influence of money in elections — as other countries have proven.
Marshall Ganz says lessons from 1960s organizing can apply to returning economic and political power to citizens from the oligarchs now in control.
A parliamentary system, more disciplined parties and no electoral college have some advantages for democracy, says Cambridge-based U.S. historian Gary Gerstle.