The United States, once the self-styled torchbearer of democracy, is now teetering on the edge of oligarchy—a system where ...

Mercyhurst University professor and political science department chair Joseph Morris views a particular course as the most important he teaches. His Introduction to American Government class is an ...

George Washington, despite initial doubts about his abilities, successfully led the American army to victory against the British. Washington's strategic avoidance of direct confrontation with the ...

Trump is not ready to "undertake the long, expensive, institution-building project that democratization requires." ...

The Winter 2026 issue focuses on the crisis of US democracy and how it might be resolved.

The following is a more-or-less verbatim transcript of a conversation I overheard between two people in line to vote. I record it here for future historians who may want to know how, exactly, ...

For the last 10 years, we’ve been hearing that President Donald Trump will preside over the end of democracy in America. In liberal circles, that assertion is often accepted as fact. For many, the ...

The United States is undergoing rapid democratic erosion. Despite its limitations, until January 2025, it had a democratic ...