The Bertelsmann Stiftung's new transformation index says that the world is becoming increasingly autocratic and existing ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

I am 85 years old. One of my earliest and most vivid childhood memories is of the night our father did not come home for dinner. My older brother and I had been cautioned it would happen and that when ...