Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in ...

A Washington Post review found at least 16 D.C. police officers who faced the violent mob are omitted from a personnel list displayed at the U.S. Capitol. Two police officers argue in a court filing ...

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 ...

Archaeologists can use the design of ancient temples, plazas, and cities to piece together the story of how a place was ...

Multiple global measures show the health of American democracy declined further in 2025, with the U.S. posting some of its ...

When people feel unsafe, powerless, or unseen, democracy becomes harder to sustain. Its resilience begins with the ...

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 ...

The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

Editorial: Gerrymandering is a serious threat to voters’ faith in democracy. It’s time for Congress to take action.

Much of today’s public discourse suggests that democracy is eroding — under threat, unraveling, or being dismantled. These conversations often fall along familiar partisan lines, with each side ...

Certainty is not what democracy is about. You don’t have the luxury of sitting on the sidelines until you’re ready to be seen ...

I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it. In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a ...