Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study.

Despite widespread concern about declining levels of trust, Canadian analytics firm Environics finds that overall levels of ...

Within minutes of Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University, shaky videos spread like a digital plague across social media, accompanied by snarky memes, grieving condolences and callouts ...

The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency have accelerated a process of democratic erosion in the United States. In just two months, the president and his allies have issued executive ...

During the 2024 campaign, voters were repeatedly told that democracy in America was under threat. Polls show that voters believed that — albeit for different reasons based on their political ...

A fight breaks out on the streets of Berlin between supporters of rival candidates ahead of voting in the second round of Presidential elections in Germany. April 26, 1925. A fight breaks out on the ...

Newsom wants to redraw California’s congressional map to offset Texas’ power grab. Columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria differ on the wisdom of the move and its ramifications. In a brazen move ...

Prolife Alberta positions itself as a defender of free speech in the province, particularly in its opposition to “bubble ...

The early 20th-century American intellectual, sociologist, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois wrote prolifically about the meaning of race and the democratic ideal. He also thought deeply about ...

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 ...