A critical foundation to our democracy is an independent justice system which impartially dispenses justice to and for the people without regard to status, pedigree, political persuasion, wealth or ...

Majorities in most of the 25 countries surveyed say their political system needs major changes or complete reform. About eight-in-ten adults or more in Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Kenya, Nigeria, South ...

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 ...

Every policy pronouncement from Washington or your state capital carries an implicit promise: Government can deliver what it pledges. Yet when systems collapse under their own complexity — requiring ...

Lost amid the cacophony over the bitter presidential campaign and the rampant concerns about the poor health of U.S. democracy is a set of initiatives on state ballots that are likely to have far more ...

The vast majority of Americans believe democracy, despite its problems, is the best system of government. But polling shows that far fewer younger voters agree. The nationwide poll conducted in ...

Ask any group of Americans, and the majority of them will express deep hatred for the two-party system. Support for a third party (though not any specific third party) is at an all-time high according ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. The Trump administration has enabled a small network of high-tech oligarchs to determine a vast ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Nicholas Antonucci, a social studies teacher in the Sachem school district who briefly ran in the 2022 Democratic primary in Congressional District 1. Imagine a ...