Let’s all participate in democracy

The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the word "democracy" appeared for the first time in the English language in the ...

OPINION | GWEN FAULKENBERRY: Let’s all participate in democracy

The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the word "democracy" appeared for the first time in the English language in the ...

The Reason Why U.S. Presidents Can Only Serve 2 Terms — and Whether Trump Could Actually Get Around It

After President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in the 1940s, Americans voted to put term limits in the ...

The US government is still shut down. Here's what's been happening — and why it could last a long time

The US government shut down 10 days ago, and there's little indication that it will reopen anytime soon. At the center of it ...

The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...