The people who founded America educated themselves about democracy. They studied the histories of earlier civilizations and understood why they had failed. They also had experienced the reality of ...
In his first campaign ad of 2024, President Joe Biden asked the question over images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jan. 6 rioters: “What will we do to maintain our democracy? History’s watching.” ...
Concerns about the state of democracy were the top motivator for Virginia voters in the November gubernatorial election and ...
In 2016, I saw Donald Trump give a speech at one of his rallies. He said, as I recall it, “Don’t believe what you see, don’t believe what you hear. Only believe what I tell you.” Now nine years later, ...
The very nature of Democracy requires that the rights and privileges embodied therein be maintained, not by an elected elite or informed few, but by each and everyone of its citizens of voting age.
The media make an urgent case that democracy is threatened and autocrats are gaining ground. Democracy fatigue is in large part attributable to an inherently slow process, requiring many compromises ...
A recent report from the Commonwealth Poll by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia ...
I remember in my political science class in college hearing about the importance of due process in American law. Due process is a legal term referring to the principle of fairness in legal matters.
It's been 249 years since the Second Continental Congress in a hot, stuffy room in Philadelphia put down on paper their reasons for declaring the colonies to be a group of states, united even, ...
In his first campaign ad of 2024, President Joe Biden asked the question over images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jan. 6 rioters: “What will we do to maintain our democracy? History’s watching.” ...
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