Bestselling novelist Robert Harris joins Q’s Tom Power to discuss his new book, Agrippa, and the parallels between ancient ...

How would ancient Rome’s brilliant democracy have dealt with Donald Trump? Rome frequently exercised its democratic responsibility to impeach public officials, even after they left office. Those ...

A new study on ancient societies from around the world is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. A team of researchers analyzed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient ...

“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 ...

At a polling station in Mageere, Uganda during the country's presidential and parliamentary elections Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua via ZUMA Press At 6 p.m. local time Wednesday in Rome, while much of the ...

Modern democracy is gradually taking shape between ancient legacies and adaptations to contemporary issues. Faced with the trials of history, modern democracies have experienced as many advances as ...

This initiative, launched with the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the University of Zurich and the Clough Center at Boston College, brings together political philosophers, social ...

Wide open plaza and avenues in the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan, a society in which people had more voice. Photo by Linda Nicholas, Field Museum. A new study on ancient societies from around ...