Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

When a democracy slides toward autocracy, the leader often finds ways to neuter the legislature, turning it into a body that ...

Former US president Barack Obama hit the campaign trail Saturday for fellow Democrats ahead of closely-watched state ...

Civics is not about boosting national pride or fueling shame. It should ask students to stop, think, and argue — and ...

To defeat authoritarian ideologies, U.S. leaders must devote more attention to improving our democratic system of government at home.

Despite what many strategists say, it’s short-sighted and dangerous to assume kitchen-table issues matter more than Trump’s ...

A resolution in support of democracy and the rights of both citizens and noncitizens in the United States, recently adopted ...

By AMINU JAHUN The oldest presidential and Africa’s largest democracies are being flung down the cliff, surprisingly not by ...

Massive turnout for 'No Kings' rallies across Wyoming is a good sign that American democracy still has a long life ahead of it, writes Marion Yoder.

Recently, democratic countries from the Global North and South – including Brazil, Chile, Norway, and Spain – came together at the United Nations not just to reaffirm ...

Dear Speaker Johnson, Well, the so-called "Hate America Rally" came and went, and it turns out the only hate anyone could ...

The New York Times ’ Editorial Board launched a chilling “autocracy tracker” for the United States on Friday. The piece ...