President Donald Trump has touted Venezuela's oil, inviting executives to the White House on Friday to discuss drilling. "We ...

With a record number of countries holding elections in 2024—including the U.S., where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are battling it out for the White House this week—the future of democracy feels ...

WASHINGTON – Public confidence in government has plummeted. Election results are doubted by many. Partisanship and political violence are rising – and increasingly tolerated. Is America in danger of ...

Kevin McCarthy has just lost the 11th round trying to be speaker. And it's funny how we're supposed to feel about this. We're all supposed to be highly upset, outraged, appalled, on the verge of tears ...

As Venezuela transitions to a genuine democracy, several quick actions must be taken to reconstruct the country's shattered ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former Washington Post editor and author of Collision of Power Martin Baron about what a second Trump term could mean for the U.S. and democracy. We journalists ...

Nearly 100 organizers, affiliates, and Cambridge residents gathered on Mount Auburn St. Sunday afternoon to protest the July 1 closing of the Democracy Center, a meeting place for activists and ...

There is a well-grounded belief that irrespective of the state of socio-economic progress, democracy as a form of government has not been able to take firm root in many societies.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. After dismantling the initial coalition of eight pro-democracy parties that ...

Thousands gathered to “March for Democracy” in downtown Kansas City on Saturday, voicing concerns about what several marchers called an overreach by the federal government on citizen’s rights.

RIVERHEAD, NY — Carrying signs that read "Democracy Dies in Silence," "Dump Trump," "No Kings," "Freedom, Not Fascism," among others, a peaceful but impassioned crowd estimated at 1,000 or more ...

For the last 10 years, we’ve been hearing that President Donald Trump will preside over the end of democracy in America. In liberal circles, that assertion is often accepted as fact. For many, the ...