This personal reflection is part of a series called Turning Points, in which writers explore what critical moments from this ...

Is democracy slipping through our fingers? First there is the abolition of trial by jury for all but the most serious cases such as rape, murder, aggravated burglary, blackmail, people trafficking, ...

Hong Kong will hold elections for its Legislative Council on December 7, without a single pro-democracy candidate. The ...

Why Giving People Money Is Not the Answer to Global Poverty," Heath Henderson turns our attention to the far deeper poverty ...

The late Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh often emphasized the interconnectedness of everything in this world. He ...

BEIJING -- Democracy is a universal value, yet it takes different forms across civilizations. While Western democracies often equate democracy with elections, China has developed a distinct model -- ...

In ancient Athens, the agora was a public forum where citizens could gather to deliberate, disagree and decide together. It ...

The eternal human pursuit of progress and excellence, which sustains communities and nations in the long march of global ...

Behind many of President Trump's unlawful and dubious actions is a lawyer willing to make up a legal justification for them.

Bennett University’s School of Law concluded the 4th Edition of Constitution Week with a grand Valedictory Ceremony on ...

If Thanksgiving calls us to practice gratitude with honesty, democracy calls us to practice citizenship with courage.

THERE are two habits in the current political discourse that are increasingly difficult to ignore. These are not minor ...