Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar warns that a move to redraw Texas congressional districts will undermine democracy in the ...

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy comes at a great cost to those most marginalized.

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

According to the latest democracy index published by EIU, our sister company, on February 27th, global democracy is in worse shape than at any point in the nearly two-decade history of the index.

It is common to talk about democracy as a certain type of political regime — namely, as a way of organizing the state with specific operating rules, including multiple institutions, commissions ...

Is democracy in crisis? It’s a question Paul Nolte, an eminent German historian, has been ruminating on for more than a decade. “I’ve been concerned with the history of democracy since about 2010. And ...

Stewart Carrell's book, "American Democracy," is a forthright argument for why the United States needs radical change to safeguard democratic values and continue world leadership.

Our democracy is at a turning point. In mere months, we’ll head to the ballot for a critical presidential election. It’s essential that every voter’s voice be heard as we elect our most powerful ...

The following is a more-or-less verbatim transcript of a conversation I overheard between two people in line to vote.

Democracy at Work Subway Riders to Fifteen-Cent Fare Hike: Drop Dead! The train cost a nickel in 1904.

The claim with the strongest bipartisan support is that “mainstream media” are a threat to democracy: 84 percent of respondents, including 83 percent of self-identified independents, consider ...

A Hong Kong court will hear appeals starting on Monday from 13 democracy campaigners who were jailed for subversion last year during the city's largest national security trial.