Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure.

A free documentary screening exploring threats to American democracy brought an acclaimed editorial cartoonist and ...

Leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday, after his unprecedented reelection against conservative ...

The Ford Foundation, one of the world’s largest private grantmakers, will overhaul its spending to counter what new ...

Matthew Sweet and guests look at democracy past and present.

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Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.

President Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, and he focuses instead on its oil. But Secretary of State Marco ...

Democracy is defined as that system of government where as many people as possible are enfranchised (empowered) to ...

Cuban-American Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart was honored Wednesday for his longtime advocacy for democracy in Latin America ...

Wesleyan University computer science professor Sebastian Zimmeck argues that artificial intelligence poses a threat to democratic citizenship by encouraging cognitive surrender and requiring both ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...