Democracy is one concept that has been abused by politicians for many years. In many ways, people in political leadership use the word democracy to define how they wish to be given (another) chance to ...

New voices are joining the national debate over academic freedom on college campuses, and that’s good for democracy. What do academic freedom and democracy have in common? Plenty, and that’s why it’s ...

For 50 years September meant the beginning of a new school year for me and the chance to put into action new ideas and insights that had been quietly gathering force. I miss the excitement of starting ...

Nelson Mandela knew that a democracy can never go on autopilot and expect to remain a democracy. So, South Africa was a democracy in 1910 in the same way that the United States was — a democracy in ...

Nepali Times: As France takes over the presidency of the EU, how do you look at the challenges ahead for Europe especially in light of the Irish "no" vote for the Lisbon Treaty? Gilles Henry Garault: ...

United Nations | Asserting that democracy is an "alien" concept for Pakistan, India has called upon Islamabad to end grave human rights violations in territories under its illegal occupation, where ...

People all over the world feel economically and culturally insecure. Indian economist Pranab Bardhan says liberal leaders aren’t paying enough attention to that, and that’s led to a growing ...

Promotion of democracy and human rights are often linked or even viewed as identical aims. In the U.S. State Department, the office dealing with this subject area is called the Bureau of Democracy, ...

The theme of this year’s World Day of the Poor is “The poor you will always have with you,” the words of Jesus recorded in Mark 14:7 after a woman anointed him with precious ointment. Pope Francis ...

This is the third whole weekend-long Concept Workshop. We will engage in intensive analysis of particular texts together. As in all concept workshops, we will focus in the analysis on the use of the ...