Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin ...

Democracy’s ‘rule of the majority’ may end up being another type of dictatorship by suppressing minority rights ...

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of ...

Democracy is often imagined as something that collapses dramatically—through coups, crackdowns, or the suspension of constitutions. Yet its most dangerous enemy is quieter. It may not arrive with the ...

The following is an excerpt from “Healing Middle-Class Democracy: Respecting Each Other, Negotiating Honestly, and ...

Authoritarian Watch / The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United ...

Presently, most countries in the world are governed through two main systems: democracy and dictatorship, each with its own significant advantages and disadvantages. Democracy is a system in which ...

Two leading democracy watchdog organizations are releasing studies this week that evaluate the state of American democracy after President Trump's first year.

On Friday Feb. 28, a press conference was held in the Oval Office with President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimar Zelensky in attendance. I was horrified at the ...

Massive protests against President Trump took place across the U.S. and in different parts of the world. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News WASHINGTON—Mass protests kicked off around the country ...

The anniversary of the military coup finds the country under a government that downplays state terrorism, while literature, ...

Tempers flared at the March meeting of Thurles Municipal District when councillors clashed over speed ramps and traffic calming measures.