As the 2026 midterm elections approach, the signs of democratic backsliding are everywhere across the U.S. political ...

On October 31, 2025, erudite scholar and seasoned insider of international diplomacy and Indian politics, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, wrote an opinion piece titled “Indian Politics Are a Family Business” for ...

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 ...

Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...

Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday said voting and elections decisions from her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have helped ...

People in higher-income countries are generally more likely to say their nation’s political system needs only minor or no changes, according to recent Pew Research Center surveys. Conversely, people ...

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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 ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at what makes people feel proud of their country. We asked an open-ended question allowing people in 25 countries to share, in their own words, what makes them ...