Virginia Eubanks is a journalist, writer and political scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her most recent book is Automating Inequality (2018). In Rewiring Democracy, ...

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 ...

Experts at the Democracy Forum in Athens this week will explore the global challenges to democracy and attempt to weigh how endangered it really is. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger is chief ...

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Whilst clearly pushing back against attempts to erode democratic norms, these recent protests are also contesting the government’s own ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

Six young people from around the world who attended the Athens Democracy Forum spoke about what drives them and the challenges they face. By Shivani Vora Young people from around the world who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about ways to advance equity and opportunity for all. In a few short days, America’s voters will choose between electing ...

A recent book argues that reading fiction and non-fiction can promote relational, cognitive, and emotional qualities that ...

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s democracy “used ...

On April 29, 1999, precision-guided NATO bombs tore through the brick facades of two defense-ministry buildings in Belgrade, the capital of the rump state of Yugoslavia. The targets were chosen more ...

Just days before the presidential election, U.S. political divisions are bitter and deep, and polarization seems like a permanent condition. But a new approach developed by UC Berkeley researchers ...