Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone ...

On September 15, the world observes International Day of Democracy 2025, focusing on protecting freedoms, promoting equality, and encouraging people to actively participate in decisions that affect ...

Here are the words that leave average Americans cold — and the language that could connect them to the billion-dollar fight to strengthen the country.

Democracy isn’t collapsing from single blows. It is being chipped away—internally and externally. To survive, it requires ...

Democracies are backsliding and freedom is increasingly under threat across the globe. And the U.S. government has directed its embassies to watch in silence. That silence is not neutral—it is a green ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance.

President Trump speaks to the press, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local ...

There is something refreshingly nostalgic and transformative about public school boards, a place where contentious issues are ...

In an interview with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) said people dont fully grasp the phrase "democracy is at stake" and urged Democrats to focus more on kitchen table issues.

This president is the embodiment of rule by the people—in ways good and ill.

Jason Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter and Chair of the Carter Center Board of Trustees, at the 2024 in Chicago on August 20, 2024. Credit - Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images Democracies ...