D aniel Patrick Moynihan, who died in 2003, might be remembered most for his erudition. During his 25 years in the Senate, ...

Too many students never get a front-row seat to our democracy in action. Civics education often gets squeezed, buried between test prep and other subjects. The National Civics Bee was launched by the ...

For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, ...

Appreciating Flora’s role in the revolutionary era leads to a more nuanced understanding of American history as we look ahead to the semiquincentennial observations in 2026, writes guest columnist E ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

A democracy is defined by its decision-making process, and not the ideology of its adopted social policies. Over the last ...

While these high ratings are good news for local democracy in general, when we break down the results by whether communities ...

I'm not writing this to try and convince a Zionist to not be a Zionist, or to get a fence sitter off the white picket. Instead, I want to explain to those ...

Fortunately, there are many organizations that exist in Suffolk County that have programs to advise immigrants of their rights and ways to deal with ICE officers safely. A local agency, Sepa Mujer, ...

The blowtorch has now been turned on Australia’s police and intelligence agencies. The scrutiny must be informed by some ...

Criminal distortion of history, fueled by post-truth narratives and state sponsorship, threatens democracy. An academic ...