The more people use social media, the less likely they are to believe democracy is the best form of government, the survey of ...

“Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone loses, they say democracy died. Here’s the twist most civics classes rush ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research consistently shows that U.S. elections are already very secure, with bipartisan safeguards, paper ballot backups, ...

Ancient Societies In Mexico And South Asia Were Democratic Long Before Europe Claimed To Invent It In A Nutshell A major new ...

Picture a middle school dance. On one side of the gym, governments at all levels — from federal to closer-to-home governments — stand in a huddle. On the other side, citizens cluster together. There’s ...

Today, democracies continue to grapple with declining trust and institutional corruption. Athens: Birth of Democracy examines ...

Kathmandu, March 30 -- In the general elections held on March 5, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) bagged a staggering 182 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives. The RSP's landslide ...