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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The more people use social media, the less likely they are to believe democracy is the best form of government, the survey of ...

Hungary votes Sunday in a pivotal test of Viktor Orbán's "illiberal democracy," as challenger Péter Magyar taps voter ...

Myanmar's newly sworn-in President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday that his government has "many challenges to overcome" and ...

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 ...