Recent studies have shown declining levels of trust in democratic systems. We asked experts to consider democracy’s strengths ...

About half of American adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only about one-quarter think it's doing “very” or “moderately” well, according ...

Americans rightly consider democracy the best form of government. But we shouldn't get too carried away by this idea. Democracies are led by fallible humans. As James Madison put it, "If men were ...

Long before European governments or their colonies began to embrace "democracy," something far more democratic was widely practiced in the world's vast ungovernable spaces. Black Sam Bellamy's 1717 ...

At a time when polarization often drowns out nuance, a new report from More in Common titled "Shared Ideals, Divergent Realities" offers a revealing portrait of Americans' views on democracy in the ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

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 ...

For decades, it promised Africans the benefits of democracy as a form of freedom and prosperity for its people; it then offered assistance in the form of grants-in-aid, loans for development and ...

Poll Democracy FILE - Demonstrators rally on Pennsylvania Avenue during a No Kings protest in Washington, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) (Jose Luis Magana/AP) Poll Democracy FILE - ...

About half of American adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only about one-quarter think it's doing “very” or “moderately” well, according ...