JULIUS CAESAR: THE MAKING OF A DICTATOR is a new three-part BBC-produced historical docudrama that explores how the nearly five-centuries-old Roman democracy was overthrown in just 16 years. The story ...

COMMENTARY There's a lot of media focus on the potential threat to Argentina's democracy from its president-elect, Javier Milei — but the Argentine pope, Francis, now has his own anti-democratic ...

“Threats to democracy” are regularly described as an American “crisis,” but this crisis mentality itself is the threat — to common sense. It is a false panic, emanating from both the far right and far ...

With Yanis Varoufakis, Lorenzo Marsili, Marisa Matias, Julian Assange, Igiaba Scego, Valentina Orazzini, Marica Di Pierri, Srecko Horvat, Luciana Castellina, Jorge Moruno. As Europeans we are too ...

Democracy historically has positioned wise advisers either in or close to the government to educate and guide the polity. In ancient democratic Rome, such advisers were called “augurs.” They mediated ...

It is my hope America is entering the era of our "Five Good Presidents," much like in the years between 96 and 180 when the Roman Empire was blessed with the "Five ...