After a decade and a half of brutal conflict, the Syrian Civil War ended with Bashar al-Assad’s ouster at the hands of a rebel faction. What began in 2011 as peaceful protests during the Arab Spring ...

Individuals exercise political control over the form and functions of government. We vote in senators, representatives and presidents. If we decide we don’t like the person we voted for, democracy ...

Is democracy in crisis today? It certainly seems to be, especially as we look over at the United States. Even in countries that have escaped the extreme nature of the crisis in the US — so far — we ...

Democracy has long been viewed as humanity’s crowning political achievement. It is hailed as a system that enshrines human rights, ensures peaceful transfers of power, and gives voice to the masses.

President Trump says he is designating the decentralized anti-fascist movement known as “antifa” as a terrorist organization, as conservatives blame left-wing groups and ideas for creating the ...

William Partlett is the Stephen Charles Fellow at the Centre for Public Integrity Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the ...

Seventy-two percent of the world's population lives under some sort of autocratic rule, says freedom fighter Leopoldo Lopez. In a rousing call to defend democracy worldwide, he shares the story of his ...

After six-and-a-half hours of sifting through ballots in Boston City Hall on Sunday, election workers and volunteers determined that the Sept. 9 preliminary election results were accurate in placing ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

Dear friends, thank you very much for inviting me here. Today, I want to share three messages with you all. My first message is that democracy is not just another ideology. Democracy is the system ...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Governor Wes Moore have been outspoken in their denunciations of President Donald Trump, frequently citing him as a threat to democracy. Yet while they rail against ...

"Trump promised to end government censorship and bring back free speech, and he's doing the opposite." The late show host and longtime Trump critic opened Thursday night's show in the same manner as ...