See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. From county commissioner to U.S. Senate, election deniers are on the ...

Democracy exists if and when a community organizes its self-governance around the full participation, on an equal basis, of all the members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a ...

The health of liberal democracies has been the focus of interest for political science for some time, against a global backdrop marked by the rise of political polarization and tense incidents like ...

Just a brief reminder: When our system of government was in its infancy, our forefathers forged a constitution to be designed on a system of checks and balances — thus a Senate, a House and the ...

Derrick Darby, a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, is a co-author of “The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice.” He writes about inequality, ...

Republicans are systematically eroding the basic civil rights of the American people. As we are seeing in other countries that are experiencing what experts describe as “democratic backsliding,” ...

Americans learned a lot about government – especially that once-obscure process of impeachment – in the past year. But over time we’ve lost ground when it comes to understanding and embracing our ...

Academics have long lamented the decline of liberal democracy in Alberta and elsewhere. Experts debate the extent of the backsliding. Commentators warn about authoritarian drift. Many, myself included ...

That American democracy is at a crossroads there can be no further doubt. Never have so many in and out of government advocated annulling a fair election, appointing political hacks to oversee future ...