The ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said in his speech To the People of Alexandria that there were two kinds of democracy: one good and one bad. According to Dio, one form of ...

On November 7, millions of us will take part in an institution that’s more than two millennia old... that of course, is.

Democracy is in trouble here and abroad. According to the highly regarded World Values Survey data, most Americans under 60 do not consider it “absolutely essential” to live in a democracy. In fact, ...

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The city that thoroughly institutionalized the principle of 'not letting one person hold power'This is where the main content begins. We will cover Ancient Greece, specifically Athens.This session ...

In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at Athens discovered thousands of pottery fragments in a landfill. The shards of pottery were the remains of ballots from a 471 B.C.E. election, but the fragments ...

Pope arrives in Greece for second leg of trip Address centres on threats to democracy Warns against authoritarianism, populism Pope quotes ancient Greek philosophers and writers ATHENS, Dec 4 (Reuters ...

“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 ...