A large majority of Democrats (86%) are dissatisfied with how American democracy is working. Around half of Republicans (51%) say the same.

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Ron Barber has seen all sides of politics in the United States, from winning and losing elections to violence. How he's ...

As the U.S. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, here are eight ways its political system stands apart from the world’s other 105 democracies. Still, many ...

Multiple experts are warning that President Donald Trump is gradually eroding American democracy through his actions since ...

“The principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence were always more important than a single man,” writes James Kloppenberg.

That sentiment, which became central to the second-wave-feminist discourse of the 1960s and ’70s, gave voice to the idea that personal experiences, particularly those of women, could no longer be ...

Bipartisan judges are touring the Midwest to warn citizens about the dangers of a politicized judiciary.

Amendment 4 on the Aug. 4 ballot would potentially end direct democracy in the state, a former Missouri Supreme Court chief ...

The reality is complex. Ancient India certainly had democratic and republican states, but so did ancient Greece, Rome, and a host of other places. David Stasavage, dean for the social sciences at New ...

Dhaka, July 20 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said democracy could once again come under threat if political parties fail to maintain a minimum level of mutual ...

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 ...