For a decade, scholars, pundits and other analysts have been searching deep in the American political experience to understand why democracy seems so stressed. Now a new UC Berkeley report based on ...

Bolivia marks 44 years since its return to democracy in 1982. Here's what's changed, what hasn't, and where the country ...

Technology and its threats were central themes at the Athens Democracy Forum.  By Farah Nayeri An interview with Pita ...

Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in ...

The College of Liberal Arts will host its annual Democracy Summit Oct. 26-27 on campus. This Special Report will preview the ...

One of the central arguments being made by President Biden as the presidential election nears is that American democracy hangs in the balance. The idea that Donald Trump poses a unique and significant ...

Eight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator, the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating. “Democratic backsliding,” a term originating in ...

An astounding 83 percent of Americans believe our country’s democracy is under threat. President Biden keeps reminding us that former President Trump poses an existential threat to democracy. Trump ...

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 ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

“We’ve got to prove democracy works,” Joe Biden declared in his first press conference as president. He has dedicated his administration to this task. Biden took office weeks after his predecessor ...