In my weekly column for World Politics Review, I write about why now more than ever, democracy’s champions need to hang together, but that the proposed Summit of Democracy comes with its own risks and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Amid a backdrop of global democratic backsliding and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea, and Zambia cohosted the second Summit for Democracy on March ...

WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden opened the first-ever White House Summit for Democracy Thursday by urging participants to reverse an ongoing "recession" of democracy. "American democracy is an ongoing ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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