On September 15, the world observes International Day of Democracy 2025, focusing on protecting freedoms, promoting equality, and encouraging people to actively participate in decisions that affect ...

Voices and Votes is part of Museum on Main Street, a Smithsonian program that brings world-class exhibitions to small towns and rural communities across America. The Idaho Humanities Council serves as ...

As America faces a crucial crossroads in 2025, historical parallels to authoritarian regimes serve as stark reminders that the price of democratic freedom requires constant vigilance and active citize ...

In the Gilded Age of the millionaire, wealth signified ownership. The titans of old built railroads, monopolized oil, and bought their indulgences in yachts, mansions, and eventually, sports teams. A ...

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama, a little-known Sovietologist and deputy director of the State Department’s Office of Policy Planning, published an article in a Washington journal, The National Interest, ...

Five young people spearheading efforts around the world to bolster and restore democratic principles share what they have ...

Those of us who have studied the history of Rome know that you can’t debauch a democratic republic overnight. Many Democrats think Trump did it by issuing some hundred Executive Orders, give or take, ...

John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce led Wesleyan faculty, students, local singers, instrumentalists, and ...

I am proud to be an American. Yet. my ancestry too goes back to immigrants. My ancestors arrived here in 1634, 14 years after the Mayflower. They came seeking religious freedom and opportunities in ...