Here’s how Merriam-Webster defines the difference: “Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the ...

People around the world celebrated May Day, International Workers’ Day, on Thursday, including hundreds of thousands in the United States. Unions and immigrant rights groups led rallies from coast to ...

Science is key to diplomacy, unity and democracy. What the Trump administration is trying to do to it will weaken the U.S.

Americans have every reason to be proud of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America and the United States Institute ...

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“This is a fellow who really had stood up for democracy around the world,” Berry said. “Because of his heritage – his parents came from Cuba – he knows in his blood what it means to see ...

From Vietnam imprisoning journalists to a small-town Iowa paper going under, independent news reporting is at greater risk ...

The existence of Israel is a continuing quest for democracy and freedom in the Middle East that has global implications.

Former U.S. ambassadors warned Tuesday that democracy is at serious risk under the Trump presidency, drawing parallels ...

As Australia queued up to cast their polls on Saturday, the quirky tradition of having a ‘democracy sausage’ after voting was ...