But our history has been a story of strengthening democracy, expanding rights and making government more responsive. If we’re disappointed with democracy, the answer is to reform it, not abandon it.

Other models exist, too. But the point is that democracy is an evolving concept. It’s wrong to assert that any type of governance or decision-making other than our existing system of ...

It is hard enough to promote or save democracy when the public is relatively united in its desire to do so. The experience of the “color revolutions” in former Soviet ...

open image in gallery U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) called said the flurry of executive orders from the president was an attempt to ‘collapse our democracy’ (Getty Images) A separate executive ...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) likened President Trump’s onslaught of executive action to a “blitzkrieg” whose ultimate goal is to “collapse our democracy.” “The freezing of federal ...

The audit promises to bridge significant gaps in our understanding of Australia’s democracy. A team of leading academics from universities in every state and territory deploys an audit approach ...

“We should, therefore, keep watering and nurturing the tree of democracy, as there is no alternative to civil rule. Our democracy has been tested and shaken by reactionary forces and survive ...

The criterion for every decision and action should be a developed India. For this, we must always remember our ‘Panch Pranas’ to develop India: to get freedom from every thought of slavery ...

In this image released on Friday, January, 31, 2025, Germany elects a new Bundestag on February 23. The issue of migration plays a particularly important role, not least for supporters of the far ...

While Trump will likely get some things right during his presidency, the question is: Will it come at the cost of our democracy and our basic civility as a nation? Thomas B. Edsall has been a ...

“We’re looking at what amounts to a threat to democracy, a threat to independent oversight and a threat to transparency in government,” Ware said Monday on MSNBC. Ware, who was appointed by ...