We need an economy where marginalized communities have a sustained seat at the table and are empowered decision-makers on the matters that most impact their lives. Our country has been deliberately ...

If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic practices or policies. But the real answer ...

Since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, University of Chicago Prof. Robert Pape has been closely observing the threats to our democracy. Now, the renowned terrorism expert and director of ...

When I lived in China, a decade ago, I often saw propaganda billboards covered in words that supposedly expressed the country’s values: Patriotism. Harmony. Equality. And … Democracy. Indeed, China ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israelis at a protest in Tel Aviv against the government's controversial judicial reform bill, March 9. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty ...

Hall explained that some Americans tolerate politicians undermining democracy on a conditional basis if it means those entities enact policies they favor, but then they don't like those same ...

Veteran director Rob Reiner is worried America is one year away from becoming a hellish “full-on autocracy” under President Donald Trump — and he said it is the media and Hollywood’s “job” to educate ...

The busy Shibuya district, Tokyo's commercial and financial hub, in November. After World War II, Japan's elites embraced democracy, and economic growth surged ...

Former President Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of turning the United States into a “Banana Republic” on Monday, building on Trump’s increasingly incendiary rhetoric that encourages distrust ...

A movement to deny legitimate election results is thriving, and this worries experts who study democracy. What kind of pressure is that movement putting on our system, and what does it mean for your ...

Using three surveys of more than 45,000 voting-age Americans, the researchers found that about half of the U.S. population expresses an attitude of democratic neutrality—or an "unwillingness to ...