“The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the face of the earth.” — Abraham Lincoln (16th US President in his globally acclaimed less than two minutes ...

Several of the leaders President Trump will encounter are either autocrats or presiding over fragile democracies. And some ...

American democracy may be broken, but democracy as a practice remains the best system for the betterment of all people.

Democracy isn’t collapsing from single blows. It is being chipped away—internally and externally. To survive, it requires ...

A great majority (80%), or about eight in 10 Filipino adults, said that they still prefer democracy in the Philippines, even ...

Political science scholars emphasized the need to strengthen pro-democracy coalitions in a Wednesday event marking the launch ...

Panelists at SNF Agora Institute's fifth-annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival say tapping into our shared ...

Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone ...

Bolivar House brought global debates to a campus stage Friday, inviting Luther College professor Orçun Selçuk to discuss ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...

Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the current US Supreme Court has become one of the most partisan in American history. This judicial devotion to party could not come at a more dangerous time, as ...

Earlier, Adonis Georgiadis, speaking to parliamentary reporters and commenting on Dendias’ decision not to support the ...