Generation Z is emerging as the most likely age group in America to see political violence as justified, new polling shows.

Warning signs are sobering. Local reflections can be discouraging. But despair is not the answer. The story of democracy is not written by leaders alone … it is written by ordinary citizens. The good ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

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One in three elections around the world is being contested. Turnout is dropping. By many indicators, democracy is backsliding. So what can reverse this trend? Valery Perry, Ph.D., is a senior ...

University of Salford provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The proposed reorganisation of council boundaries was probably not the issue which prompted British voters to elect ...

Democracy is backsliding. Valery Perry joins us to discuss threats abroad—and here at home. With one in three global elections contested and turnout falling, democracy is in retreat. Valery Perry, ...

Moldova has recently reached an important democratic milestone, celebrating 34 years of independence from the Soviet Union. Moreover, in one month, the country will experience another significant ...