A historian reminds us that to truly “make America great again” we must enhance freedom, equality and democracy, not diminish them.

If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.

This week's episode of Democracy Apprentice.

The election results may have been different had Democrats embraced America's past and its radical imperative of freedom, equality and democracy.

"There is nothing to stop a president from initiating action, even if unconstitutional," one scholar observes.

Politics is a battlefield for a new breed of war profiteer.

Are the crowds that cheer on Trump and Sanders a rabble or the architects of democracy? Donald Trump’s recent success gives an old debate new life.

The left has always favored Thomas Jefferson over Alexander Hamilton -- but not only was Hamilton more progressive for his time, he has lessons for our response to climate change.

We need to articulate America’s democratic purpose and remind ourselves and our fellow citizens what it means to be an American, writes Harvey Kaye.

It's important to remember that, behind the July 4th holiday, are human beings who were as flawed as they were inspired.