G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and curbs on civil liberties across the world. EIU, our s ...

In his book “Cross Purposes,” Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, called President Oaks “the public voice of the church’s civic theology” — the idea that God calls on his ...

Here’s an easy one: Get out and vote, and get all your friends to vote. Or pay a fine. Improved election outcomes would be ...

A Washington Post review found at least 16 D.C. police officers who faced the violent mob are omitted from a personnel list displayed at the U.S. Capitol. Two police officers argue in a court filing ...

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques argue that as trust in U.S. institutions erodes, business ...

More than three-quarters of Americans say democracy is currently under threat, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. Seventy-six percent of likely voters say democracy is ...

Vermont's Democratic Party claims to champion inclusion — but a four-person committee, all of whom live in the same ward and ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

About half of Americans say democracy is performing poorly, according to a survey. The Charles F. Kettering Foundation/Gallup Democracy for All Project survey found that 51 percent of respondents ...

Amy Goodman will discuss her career, a new documentary and the role of independent journalism in a shifting media landscape.

Burkina Faso's military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that "people need to forget ...

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview ...