BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Science and democracy need each other to thrive – and both require public trust. In a time of polarization and misinformation, how can we come together to create a new era of ...

This week, the election season shifted into full gear with the Super Tuesday slate of primaries. But as the ballot options become more cemented, it’s not just pollsters and campaign operatives who are ...

Do civil servants work for the president? Under the Constitution, the answer is yes. Civil servants report to the president or presidentially appointed officers. However, recent policy changes made by ...

On a freezing night in January, several hundred people came to Boston’s Museum of Science for a town hall-style discussion cosponsored by Globe Ideas about how to strengthen science, democracy, and ...

Never easy, the relationship between the vaunted political system and economic order appears to be in crisis. New books by historians and economists sound the alarm. By Jennifer Szalai The documentary ...

It’s among the world’s oldest forms of government, but it’s increasingly under threat. These books consider the sources and effects of an alarming global trend. By Richard Stengel Autocratic ...