Sen. Bernie Sanders has faith that the American people understand what “oligarchy” means, defending his use of the term from fellow Democrats Sen. Elise Slotkin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who have ...

For years, political experts have warned that America is in a state of democratic decline. Now some say democracy in the US could be giving way to something else entirely: an oligarchy. That’s an ...

Of course, demands for something better persist and the movements trying to realize them continue to evolve. The old struggles — like control over capital and workplaces — remain, but new ones have ...

Drawing on earlier findings from the Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series, the article argues that oligarchy is not a static concept but a highly adaptive structure that has evolved over centuries and ...