D.C. offered an important lesson for New York in how to improve democracy. Think here not of the incoming Trump administration but of a change in local government in the District of Columbia.

How far did Democrats go to keep election opponents off state ballots this year? A federal court battle could provide part of the answer. Private organizations like political parties should have ...

If we let ourselves become callous to others’ needs, we risk losing sight of democracy and the importance ... How do we avoid numbness, as in the New Yorker cartoon about isolation as self ...

Erin Schaff/The New York Times Supported by By Theodore ... where the typically sedate biannual meeting of the Democracy Alliance, a network of major liberal donors, became a four-day group ...

The New Right is also significantly more embedded in social media than liberals are. Those of us who favor democracy cannot let Elon Musks and Andrew Tates control the public discourse.

In her newly published seventh book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, BC Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson examines the long, intricate path to today’s fraught, ...

The expulsion of Antonis Samaras from New Democracy is received with mixed feelings by the electorate. However, a very large percentage – over 75% – of New Democracy voters support the expulsion.

The national security law was introduced in response to mass pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong In 2020, Hong Kong was transformed when China introduced the controversial national security law (NSL).

After winning over 35% of the vote in 2015 to enter government in alliance with a populist conservative party, it dropped to 31% in 2019, when the conservative New Democracy party regained power. It ...

To the extent that this is not yet true, the work of democratization is not yet finished. All of this requires a new understanding of democracy. When we expect parties to earn our votes, we ...

Now a 27-year veteran of the authority is taking the job. By Ana Ley A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a receivership.