In Mali, the junta is planning to extend its role for another five years at least. It won't organize elections and wants to restrict the number of parties. The opposition says this is an attack on ...

My younger readers might find this piece of interest in their attempts at understanding what democracy means. If democracy is a sentiment, it can assert itself by the force of practice and persistence ...

Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 5 from Rob Richie and Eveline Dowling. This week they delve into: (1) ...

Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate.

The initiative, an alliance called Governors Safeguarding Democracy, would be chaired by Govs. Jared Polis of Colorado and JB Pritzker of Illinois. “We founded GSD because we know that simple hope ...

Any movement that fails to confront the nexus between so called representative democracy and inequity is sure to fail. There have been two broad categories of political resistance during my ...

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 Joe ...

The erosion of democracy in the U.S. has been a topic of ... reduced support for international cooperation, but the declining image of the U.S. could be an early indicator of whether there will ...

Despite damage to America’s image, democratic backsliding doesn’t reduce foreign ... suggesting foreign nations can separate their opinions about U.S. democracy from decisions about practical ...

Ghibli-style animation has gone viral on social media, with whimsical AI-generated or hand-drawn images capturing attention ... cherry blossoms. Keep it simple but enchanting—social media ...