A former Vermont Supreme Court chief justice sounds the alarm about the future of American democracy in the latest edition of ...

Politics / Books & the Arts / A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a ...

Growing concerns about the stability of U.S. democratic institutions have emerged as increasing polarization and challenges ...

Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

Bill Kristol, chief of staff for former Vice President Dan Quayle, conversed with Jeffery Jenkins, provost professor at the Price School of Public Policy about the United States’ democracy. (Matthew ...

Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice hosted Harvard University political scientist Steven Levitsky for a conversation Nov. 14 about his new book, “Tyranny of the Minority,” and his ...

More than 7 in 10 Americans say current economic conditions in the country are "poor" or "very poor in a new CNN/SSRS poll.

In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...

Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the current US Supreme Court has become one of the most partisan in American history. This judicial devotion to party could not come at a more dangerous time, as ...

You propose abolishing states. Why? The book is a thought experiment. The proposal I’m offering is long term. I realize we need states during the current political moment. I think the states are the ...

Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone ...

The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest edition, corresponding to the year 2024, only 25 countries, representing 6.6% of the world ...