U.S. democracy is viewed as failing, while Chinese governance is seen as succeeding. And while Trump’s presidency may be a symptom of that trend, it’s not the cause.

The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy crisis in the Age of Trump. He is America’s first elected autocrat. His ...

Why do the good guys keep losing? That was the question that haunted your Global View columnist last week at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. The annual gathering was initiated in 2018 by Anders ...

Killing Democracy to Save 'Democracy' Kurt Schlichter | May 08, 2025 The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.

In February, Elon Musk boasted of “feeding USAID into the wood chipper.” Since then, funding cuts at the agency have led to layoffs and furloughs of nearly 200,000 people as of April 23, both within ...

If you hang around with MAGA people, don’t say the D word. Democracy. They hate it when you do that. The latest example was earlier this week, when we ran a column on our website from our sister ...

If you hang around with MAGA people, don’t say the D word. Democracy. They hate it when you do that. The latest example was earlier this week, when we ran a column on our website from our sister ...

The MAGA right has largely rejected democracy and criticizes famed legal expert Erwin Chemerinsky’s perspective with the constitutional debate in the U.S.

Pew Research reports declining support globally for democracy in 12 advanced nations, from a high of 64 percent in 2017 to 49 percent in 2024. 2 Independent research confirms this trend. 3 A 2024 ...

A nationally representative poll designed to gauge Gen Z’s attitude toward democracy contradicts a popularly held belief that the generation born roughly between 1997 and 2012 doesn’t care ...

The slogan ‘democracy’ may have limited effects in rallying opposition to increased militarism because increased military presence is not largely seen to contradict democracy. Although a March 2025 ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett teared up on Saturday during a conversation with MSNBC host Katie Phang, who lauded the Democratic lawmaker for continuing to support democracy.