Nwanevu makes three main claims: “that democracy is good, that America is not a democracy, and that America should become a ...

The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of ...

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

A Republic, If You Can Keep It On the final day of the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in 1787, 55 delegates across 12 states gathered to establish a new framework for the United States ...

It’s become common lately to claim that the United States is a republic rather than a democracy, as though these terms are contradictory. LNP | LancasterOnline published the May 19 letter “The United ...

I am a retired Navy deep-sea diver who served for 21 years. With all the letters pouring in about “saving our democracy,” I guess it is time again to remind people that we do not live in a “democracy.

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, ...

Maspeth: I kept hearing the phrase “democracy in a republic,” so I looked it up on Wikipedia: “The American Creed is a term ...

The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Nwanevu wields ...

I. The crisis of the new order. -- American democracy in a revolutionary age -- The Republican interest and the self-created democracy -- The making of Jeffersonian democracy -- Jefferson's two ...

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If we, California’s people, seize this moment to build our own new republic, we might soon live again in freedom.