One year into the president’s second term, the country’s institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian ...

Venezuela’s road to democracy does not start or end with Trump’s extraction of Maduro, writes journalist Helena Carpio.

At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and ...

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 ...

Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...

Political science scholars examined worldwide democratic backsliding and emphasized the need to strengthen pro-democracy coalitions during a Wednesday event titled “Global Challenges & Responses to ...

Democracy experts agree that President Donald Trump is pushing America towards autocracy with little sign of stopping. The New York Times' Editorial Board launched a chilling “autocracy tracker” for ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

Stanford will celebrate its fifth annual Democracy Day on Nov. 4 in a day-long celebration of civic engagement marked by events, panels, mixers and activities. Despite it being a non-election year, ...

In response to Ted Gaines' piece, "Proposition 50: It’s a naked power grab" published Oct. 23, I contend his analysis is flawed because it fails to consider the national implications that follow from ...

EUPEN, Belgium – About two dozen people met in a white stone parliament building in eastern Belgium on a recent Saturday. They held a lively debate over the region’s retirement policy and hashed out ...