The word neighbouring can sound quaint, even nostalgic. Yet it can be something vital. In 2025, Pew found that only 26 ...

During the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment thinkers realized that human reasoning provided a better understanding of our natural world than the explanations found in ancient religions. The ...

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the National Security Agency (NSA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National ...

Four astronauts flew around the Moon. Artemis II launched at the beginning of this month, and the crew was farther from Earth than any human has been in more than 50 years. The mission covered nearly ...

If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic practices or policies. But the real answer ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

Key insights from the V-Dem Institute's Global Democracy Report, focusing on election dynamics and the state of democracy as well as religion influences on the decline of American democracy. The ...

Democracy depends on the intelligence of the average voter. The Founding Fathers knew this very well. That’s why when this nation was formed, they set us up as a democratic republic, not a democracy.

Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is ...

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