Several states have ballot measures this year that could raise the thresholds needed to pass state constitutional amendments.

If you want to understand the health of American democracy, what happens in state legislatures matters just as much as what happens in Washington, D.C., and Mar-a-Lago. In 2025, we can assess the ...

Democracy is not in decline. The nation-state is. That distinction — between democracy and the nation-state — might seem strange because it is so rarely made. When people around the world talk about ...

Assistant Professor of Government Hari Ramesh opens his new book Harnessing the State: Oppressed Groups and the Pursuit of ...

Mr. Wikler is the author of the forthcoming “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy.” See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...

Countries where democracy is in trouble share a common pattern, and it’s a worrying one for the United States. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás Supported by By Amanda Taub Amanda Taub ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced on Wednesday a nonpartisan state-level initiative to foster collaboration with fellow governors to protect against threats ...

The Freedom House report was, overall, appropriately depressing. It found: “Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025. A total of 54 countries experienced deterioration in their ...

While Democratic candidates suffered major losses in this year’s U.S. elections, elsewhere on the ballot voters supported liberal positions. In the wake of tightening federal and state restrictions on ...

Ideologically, the United States is a self-proclaimed promoter and protector of democracy in the world. Its democracy policy has evolved over the past century. The U.S. fought World War II, in part, ...

When word came down that USAID was being dismantled in Nicaragua, I was sorting through old documents amid the chaos of the ...