If there's a single point to be made — or a single story to be told — by the 113 photographic works in "A Democracy of Images: Photographs From the Smithsonian American Art Museum," it's the ...

The researchers also found that information about democratic backsliding made people rate U.S. democracy lower, view the U.S. government as less stable, and believe America is getting weaker.

The erosion of democracy in the U.S. has been a topic of concern in recent years, especially after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to block the certification of ...