Two weeks ago, Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with Fox News anchor Bret Baier for a conversation. This “conversation” entailed a series of heated questions and provocative moves by Baier, ...

Sept. 15 is the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy, an annual moment to assess the health of democracy around the world. Unfortunately, as numerous studies have demonstrated, democracy has ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. That was true before an assassination ...

In our tangled political landscape, it is increasingly important to harbor a healthy skepticism about the world around us. However, the misinformed conspiracy theories that have become emboldened by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States has one of the oldest constitutions still in effect, but it can seem hard to find true believers. Republicans ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

Countries where democracy is in trouble share a common pattern, and it’s a worrying one for the United States. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás Supported by By Amanda Taub Amanda Taub ...

Just days before the presidential election, U.S. political divisions are bitter and deep, and polarization seems like a permanent condition. But a new approach developed by UC Berkeley researchers ...

Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (69%) say they are dissatisfied with the way democracy is working in their country. This share is higher than in most other high-income countries surveyed by Pew ...

Question: Is social media bad for democracy? Answer: There are concerns about social media, and a fairly robust debate on the importance of platforms such as TikTok on the social and political ...