The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, has announced the launch of a new Program ...

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 ...

American democracy faces growing polarization and extremism, disinformation is sowing chaos and distrust of election results, and public discourse has become increasingly toxic. According to most ...

Helena Carpio is a Venezuelan investigative journalist based in Caracas. Government security forces shot tear gas at protesters for over seven hours on May 1, 2017 as they gathered around Caracas to ...

A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the ...

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“The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

Bridge Alliance and the National Academy of Public Administration are partnering to co-create the Fellows for Democracy and Public Service Initiative, a first of its kind cross-sector fellowship to ...

Political concerns began seriously to mount in 2024 when, in the run up to that year’s presidential election, the newspaper ...

A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Eupen, Belgium About two dozen ...