https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/democracy/RSS feed for DemocracyenFri, 10 Oct 2025 17:17:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maria-corina-machado-venezuelas-iron-lady-wins-nobel-peace-prize-180987499/Machado, who leads the Vente Venezuela opposition party against President Nicolás Maduro, was lauded for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela"Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:17:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maria-corina-machado-venezuelas-iron-lady-wins-nobel-peace-prize-180987499/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harvard-bought-this-stained-copy-of-the-magna-carta-for-27-50-it-turned-out-to-be-an-original-180986640/Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding in plain sight in Harvard Law School's library since 1946Mon, 19 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harvard-bought-this-stained-copy-of-the-magna-carta-for-27-50-it-turned-out-to-be-an-original-180986640/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/polarization-is-merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2024-180985610/The winning word beat out finalists such as "demure," "pander," "totality," "fortnight," "allision" and "democracy"Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:39:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/polarization-is-merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2024-180985610/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-1924-democratic-national-convention-was-the-longest-and-most-chaotic-of-its-kind-in-us-history-180984590/A century ago, the party took a record 103 ballots and 16 days of intense, violent debate to choose a presidential nomineeMon, 24 Jun 2024 19:02:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-1924-democratic-national-convention-was-the-longest-and-most-chaotic-of-its-kind-in-us-history-180984590/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-woman-jailed-over-tiananmen-square-protest-art-180982941/Zeng Yuxuan, 23, was sentenced to six months in prison on charges of seditionThu, 21 Sep 2023 20:30:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-woman-jailed-over-tiananmen-square-protest-art-180982941/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tk-a-monument-honoring-shirley-chisholm-the-first-black-congresswoman-will-rise-in-brooklyns-prospect-park-180982567/After years of delays, New York City officially approved a statue commemorating the borough native and political trailblazerThu, 20 Jul 2023 16:11:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tk-a-monument-honoring-shirley-chisholm-the-first-black-congresswoman-will-rise-in-brooklyns-prospect-park-180982567/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/democratic-national-convention-1948-missing-link-civil-rights-history-180982547/Civil rights activists failed to expel an all-white, segregationist delegation. But their efforts foreshadowed later milestones in the fight for equalityWed, 19 Jul 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/democratic-national-convention-1948-missing-link-civil-rights-history-180982547/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crypto-investors-buy-the-constitution-dao-180981264/For the second year in a row, a DAO is vying to bid on a rare first-edition copyFri, 09 Dec 2022 21:17:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crypto-investors-buy-the-constitution-dao-180981264/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-copy-of-constitution-goes-on-display-180980443/The new exhibition explores diverse interpretations of the document's founding valuesMon, 25 Jul 2022 15:12:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-copy-of-constitution-goes-on-display-180980443/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jackdaws-vote-to-decide-when-to-take-flight-180980147/The birds use vocalizations to signal when they want to leave the roostThu, 23 Jun 2022 17:51:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jackdaws-vote-to-decide-when-to-take-flight-180980147/