Watch this video of Mohamed Abubakr, President (Amel) of the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project, who speaks on Democracy.  

Watch this video of Nathan Law, Student Leader in Hong Kong Demonstrations, who speaks on Democracy.

We face a virtually unknown, yet acute threat. Unless we alter course, our children and grandchildren may well become the first American “unwitting victims of the darkness,” the frightening description of the longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. He said, “As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances,…

Forty-two United States Senators, list attached, co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to begin restoring strong US support for our democracy.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, introduced Senate Resolution 252 to formally establish September 2019 as National Democracy Month. This month will initiate stronger support for Democracy in America. Research has shown a dramatic decline in the belief in our democratic system and its founding principles. A majority of Americans…

The League of Women Voters, along with four respected former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders (Bob Dole, George Mitchell, Trent Lott and Tom Daschle) and other leading Americans, are taking action to establish September as National Democracy Month. “Democracy is central to the American experience, and now is the time to celebrate our fundamental rights with…

U.S. Senate Creates “National Democracy Month” and Calls for a Re-emphasis on the Importance of Democracy to our Freedom and Way of Life With the hope of halting waning support for democracy, a bipartisan group of political icons and former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders – Bob Dole, George Mitchell, Tom Daschle and Trent Lott– in…

Starting decades ago, many people, especially in the universities, lost faith in the Western civilization narrative. They stopped teaching it, and the great cultural transmission belt broke. Now many students, if they encounter it, are taught that Western civilization is a history of oppression.

Donald Trump and his populist, nationalist counterparts in Europe are often portrayed as a threat to democracy. Their supporters argue that establishment politicians and technocrats are an even bigger threat because they listen only to the special interests that feed them. Could it be, then, that democracy in its current American and European forms is a threat to itself? There's evidence that it may be.