The answer, borne out by hard parliamentary data, is deeply uncomfortable for its defenders. Reform UK is no longer a party ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris thanked her supporters for "standing up for our democracy" and the "rule of law" on Friday at the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) annual winter meeting in Los ...

Most seats on the top elective bodies in Springfield and Holyoke will be held next year by people whose race and ethnicity mirrors those of a majority of residents. That’s a victory for representative ...

A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the ...

Like so many other progressive politicians, Rep. Chuy García (D., Ill.), seems to like posing as a defender of democracy more than he likes competitive elections. On his way out of office the Chicago ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) took a swipe Thursday at President Trump’s push for redistricting in Republican-led states, saying the Old Line State will respond with its own effort to turn one of the ...

Six months before she died, in October 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published a memorable essay in Foreign Affairs, “The Coming Democratic Revival.” Amid rising pessimism ...

A little more than 80 years ago, a group of young military officers joined with Venezuela’s main opposition party to overthrow the country’s ruling dictator. The man who took power, Rómulo Betancourt, ...

Peter T. Coleman is a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. He is the author of “The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization.” What kinds of conversation can save a ...

I have noted an uptick in various persons reminding me (and you) that the United States is not a democracy. I've heard it from political panels on TV, during interviews with politicians, and most ...

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex. Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve ...