As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a ...

King Charles' address to Congress, delivered with wit and charm, is a blaring siren about America's democracy in crisis.

The health of America’s democracy declined in 2025, according to new evaluations from organizations that have long tracked how well democracies around the world are working. Source: Pew Research ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken time away from running the country’s third-largest state to talk ancient history—literally. Those ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Is the United States government a democracy or a republic? Democracy: Representatives are elected by the ...

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” – John Adams As I discussed in my first article in ...

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 ...

For many travellers, the first clues about a country’s political system appear long before sightseeing begins. A portrait of a king in an airport, a presidential seal on immigration forms, or a ...