There’s a widespread assumption that if we just tried a little harder or better, everything would improve, and that it’s soon going to happen. I guess it’s human-nature to want to believe that.
Election History articles on Democracy Chronicles
Here we cover how democracy has progressed through time in our highly suggested global election history coverage. Modern systems of democracy largely arose out of the Europe through the period at the end of the Middle Ages into the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the American and French Revolutions. However in reality, democratic decision making is an even more ancient invention and in many ways a fixture of nature . Also check out our section on World Democracy.
Karl Marx on the American Civil War and Progressivism
Revolutionary Karl Marx’s Civil War writings wrestle with many of the issues that plague today’s left
What Does Freedom of Speech Mean?
Freedom of speech is the right of expression without fear of censorship or retaliation
Ghosts of History in Controversy Over Grave of Spanish Dictator Franco
Spain’s opposition parties voted to move the remains of dictator Franco out of a state-funded mausoleum
A Total Rewrite of the Controversial Electoral College
The Electoral College is the most notable illustration of Federalism in the Constitution
Learn 19th-Century Fake News Techniques Here
Techniques of 19th-century fake news reporter teach us why we fall for it today
The World War One Artistic Revolution That Transformed Black America
African-American literary works born out of the ashes of World War I went on to spur the bold spirit of resistance
Big Money Influence on Modern Democracy is the Historical Norm
The unwritten principle of tacit reciprocity between big business and political elites is sealed
This Day in History: LBJ Urges Congress to Pass Voting Rights Act
On this day Lyndon B. Johnson addressed Congress urging legislation that would guarantee voting rights
The Power of Ordinary People Facing Totalitarianism
Sales of “Origins of Totalitarianism” by German Jewish political theorist Hannah Arendt are skyrocketing