What place should religion have in a pluralistic democracy, and how can faith both strengthen democratic life and challenge ...

Scott Miller, director of the Democracy and Capitalism Lab at the University of Virginia, discusses the new Global Capitalism Index and how deeply intertwined capitalism is with democracy.

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After years of war and political upheaval, Israelis are heading to the polls to vote. It’s a miracle their democracy has ...

The world’s richest man—saying he’s “wised up” to the fiction of self-government—is leveraging his wealth to sway elections, threaten Congress, and alter the global balance of power. Should we worry ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing ...

If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic practices or policies. But the real answer ...

This summer, America celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, widely recognized as the formal founding of our nation and one of the early stages of ...

Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that even the worst democracy is better than the best military regime because it ...

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 ...