My younger readers might find this piece of interest in their attempts at understanding what democracy means. If democracy is a sentiment, it can assert itself by the force of practice and persistence ...

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Democracy is not a gift, nor a given; it is the hard-earned result of generations of struggle, sacrifice, and resistance. That is why I believe democratic ideals and institutions must be fiercely ...

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History and direct political experience suggest that if democracy and broad-based social and human development are to be sustainable, they must be pursued in tandem. When people are free to choose ...

Dr. Dilshod Achilov, a professor in the Department of Political Science at East Tennessee State University, is in Istanbul and has been witnessing the protests there firsthand. Here he gives IBTimes ...

If there is one lesson that American entertainment media has broadcast for generations to the world, it is to be yourself. For me, in coming-of-age times, this came through figures such as Zack Morris ...

Hong Kong Vigil Organizer Says She Was Seeking Democracy, Not End to Communist Party Rule HONG KONG (AP) — A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 ...