What is more American than that the majority rules—the principle that 50.1% carries the day when decisions affecting all of us are made. The majority wins, and the minority has to accept, even if not ...

Democracy has been aptly described as majority having their way and minority having their say. So what’s this talk about tyranny of numbers? Let’s put it into perspective. The phrase ‘tyranny of ...

As Americans go to the polls Tuesday, the U.S. presidential standard bearers describe a nation whose very soul hangs in the balance. Campaign talking points and viral video snippets flood media feeds ...

We have beaten back tyranny before. It's time to do it again. Two-hundred-fifty years ago Saturday, Americans declared that ...

Numbers are an inevitable part of our lives as human beings, sometimes even creating undue pressure on our daily lives as we chase these numbers for our own survival. For example, we need to have ...

Professor Steven Levitsky's new book "Tyranny of the Minority" is a warning to Americans who don't take threats to democracy as seriously as they should. He joins us. In January 5, 2021, an ...

As spiteful as ever and wrong as usual, Rep. Marjory Taylor Greene, the Georgia disrupter, complained that the foreign aid she had tried to thwart “does nothing for America.” Quite the contrary, it ...

In any Greek city, there are perhaps no more than fifty good draught-players, and certainly not as many kings. –Plato, Statesman In one of Plato’s books, the philosopher Protagoras tells a genesis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Executive Director of Protect Democracy Ian Bassin joins Nicolle Wallace to explain what the pro-democracy coalition can learn ...

ICE has now announced the end to its recent immigration enforcement “surge” in Minnesota, after its tactics resulted in the death of two people. As ICE tactics continue to undermine due process rights ...