Re: “Long backlog as state reviews complaints about police officers” (Sept. 22, A1): I appreciate this overview of the law to address police misconduct by decertification of police officers. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A bitterly divided democratic camp, a constitutional setup with few guardrails and a surging extreme right spell trouble ahead for Britain’s political institutions. Ad Policy Anti-migrant ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. There’s lots of talk these days about the death of democracy. In National City this week, a ...

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 ...

Africa’s democratic gains are eroding, a new report warns, citing neoliberal economics, colonial currencies and leaders clinging to power. The Open Society Foundations’ latest report, ‘Analysis of the ...