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

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

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

After a year of new leadership, court fights, dramatic change to the federal government, and deep political division, where ...

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 ...

The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776. After the American Revolution, no one was more responsible for setting capitalism’s ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

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 ...

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 ...

JUDICIAL RESTRAINT IN DECISION MAKING. The most important thing judges do is decide legal questions and cases. Judicial restraint in reaching decisions means deciding cases on the narrowest ... more ...

Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy ...

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 ...