Democracy Archives - The American Scholar

A Voice From the Swamp

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | 05/10/2017 |

A surprising source of Trump support

Peak Democracy

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | 05/03/2017 |

Athens: Rocking the Cradle of Democracy

By John Psaropoulos | 03/06/2017 |

Austerity was supposed to make Greece more efficient, but it seems to be imperiling the country’s future

Resisting Mr. T****

By Phillip Lopate | 03/03/2017 |

Or, the art of the boast

Reflections after the Election

By Phillip Lopate | 11/18/2016 |

Counting the worry beads

Superheroes Are So Gay!

By Stephanie Bastek | 06/27/2016 |

Dig into the queer politics of American comics

Good Neighbors

By Stephanie Bastek | 06/14/2016 |

An excerpt from Nancy L. Rosenblum’s new book about everyday American life

Letter from Myanmar: A Glimmer of Hope

By Ingrid McDonald | 06/08/2015 |

Reflections on Alexis de Tocqueville

By Saul Bellow | 03/04/2015 |

What is the place of the artist in a democratic society?

An American in Prague

By Jessica Wilde | 06/27/2013 |