National Press Day is celebrated every year in India on November 16. The day highlights the press's role in democracy. It recognises the duty to report truthfully, hold power accountable, and inform ...

When democracy swept through nations as a force of revolution, Bhutan’s own democratic journey unfolded like a quiet and dignified evolution — deliberate, thoughtful, and deeply rooted in the ...

IN Malaysia, we often speak of the three pillars of democracy: the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary. These are also referred to as the three branches of government. Yet therein lies a ...

Once again this year, fourth grade teachers around the county turned their classrooms into recording studios, and their students submitted outstanding stories, interviews and commentaries for NPR's ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The decision of Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara to run for a fourth term risks a return to a past era of “old guard dictator rule” in a region where democracy is ...

The idea of abolishing the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is not new. Ronald Reagan campaigned on the idea while running for president. As president, he called for the department’s abolition ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — There are two ballot initiatives to strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas, both facing a more difficult road to the ballot this year because of new state laws that aim to crack ...

Before crowds took over the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds for Sioux Falls’ annual Fourth of July fireworks show, they went to the sidewalks. Many stood in line on North Phillips Avenue for free hot dogs as ...

The Indiana Pacers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-104 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Friday night, which evened the series at two games apiece as it heads back to Oklahoma. Thunder star and NBA ...

SEOUL, June 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's new liberal President Lee Jae-myung pledged on Wednesday to raise the country from what he described as the near destruction caused by a martial law attempt and ...