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Opinion/Guest column: Democracy, education go hand in hand

It is when we limit knowledge, erase history and mute voices that we constrain freedom and embark on the path to totalitarianism.
If one believes the United States faces an existential threat to democracy posed by a violent, anti-democratic movement, then one cannot be picky about political allies. Katie Hobbs, the ...
This editorial was produced as part of the Democracy Day journalism collaborative, a nationwide effort to shine a light on the threats and opportunities facing American democracy. Read more at ...
When I first met Amos Oz amid the 1982 Lebanese War, which we both condemned, he was an internationally renowned novelist and co-founder of the “Peace Now” movement. I was one of the translators of ...
Sean Hannity has American democracy in his hands. May Fox have mercy on us all. Sean Hannity of Fox News, shown in 2016. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) By Brian A. Boyle.
In a “hands-on” democracy, sometimes called participatory democracy, there are five branches. Most people can recite the first three: legislative, executive, and judicial. Some may have heard ...
Psychologists are in the vanguard of the resistance to Donald Trump. During the election campaign, many mental health professionals warned that Trump is mentally unfit to be President. In the ...
I think the past few weeks proved me right. In living color, we watched Trump and his legions try to destroy our democracy. And they failed. The system strained under Trump’s hand, but it did ...
Extending the Hand of Democracy October 20, 2022. Kira Romero-Craft. How U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can assist thousands of New Americans to register to vote. ... I have seen ...
In 2020, filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine took a deep dive into the world of Gen Z politics with their critically acclaimed documentary “Boys State,” which followed 1,000 teenage boys ...