The Ford Foundation, one of the world’s largest private grantmakers, will overhaul its spending to counter what new ...

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized the high court’s recent election-related rulings Tuesday, arguing that the ...

Cuban-American Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart was honored Wednesday for his longtime advocacy for democracy in Latin America ...

It’s not just the United States that has turned to right-wing authoritarianism to solve all its problems and brutalize the ...

Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.

Six young people from around the world who attended the Athens Democracy Forum spoke about what drives them and the challenges they face. By Shivani Vora Young people from around the world who ...

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 ...

Technology and its threats were central themes at the Athens Democracy Forum.  By Farah Nayeri An interview with Pita ...

Eight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator, the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating. “Democratic backsliding,” a term originating in ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

Thirty-four short plays on democracy by award-winning women, trans and nonbinary playwrights will premiere Saturday in a free daylong reading.