Former President Barack Obama delivered these remarks about "the power of pluralism," Thursday at his foundation's "Democracy Forum" in Chicago. "A majority rule determines who wins and who loses, but ...

"We're all going to have to work towards a renewed commitment to pluralist principles, because the alternative is what we've seen here in the United States and in many democracies around the globe.

Barack Obama returned to his hometown Thursday to offer up his solutions for bridging deepening political divides across the U.S., with the former president calling on the next generation of ...

Barack Obama is the most eloquent promoter of pluralism in American history, and its most inspiring embodiment: child of a white mother from Kansas and a Black father from Kenya, raised in both Hawaii ...

Barack Obama, during remarks delivered before the 2024 Democracy Forum in Chicago, called out the polarized political atmosphere exploited by money-grubbers in the media and said what America really ...

Our deeply divided country can agree on one fact – the American political system is dysfunctional. The basic responsibilities of government are not working to provide legislative solutions to ...

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Democracy proved to be a terrible campaign concept in November, but that hasn’t stopped Democrats’ musings. Speaking at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum earlier this month, former President Barack ...

Danielle Allen delivers her BYU forum address on Tuesday, March 26. She spoke to BYU students and faculty about becoming confident pluralists. (Megan Sibley) Harvard professor and democracy advocate ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --It's become almost impossible for many people to talk about political differences in these polarized times, but figuring out how to do that is the focus of a summit this week in ...

“In our schools our coming generations must learn the most difficult art in the world—the successful management of democracy.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Statement on Education. October 2, 1939 One of the ...