Venezuela’s road to democracy does not start or end with Trump’s extraction of Maduro, writes journalist Helena Carpio.

One year into the president’s second term, the country’s institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian ...

At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and ...

A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Eupen, Belgium About two dozen ...

Though many are worried about the potential economic harm of Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the independence of the ...

Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...

WASHINGTON – Democracy literally melted away in D.C. on Wednesday after activists unveiled a 3,000-pound ice sculpture of the word by the U.S. Capitol, a statement on America’s weakened state of ...

Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy is humming along and city hall is taking care of business. The federal ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

Stanford will celebrate its fifth annual Democracy Day on Nov. 4 in a day-long celebration of civic engagement marked by events, panels, mixers and activities. Despite it being a non-election year, ...

India fares very poorly in global democracy rankings not because the problems are worse in the country, but because Indians ...

EUPEN, Belgium – About two dozen people met in a white stone parliament building in eastern Belgium on a recent Saturday. They held a lively debate over the region’s retirement policy and hashed out ...