Seattle’s democracy voucher program is a trailblazer but there are important questions that need to be answered about that program.
The Global Decline In Democracy Has Accelerated
As major democracies withdrew home in 2020, authoritarian players got bolder, contributing to the 15th straight year of global freedom loss.
Partisan Segregation Goes Down To Hyper-Local Level
Democrats and Republicans physically cluster together even in tiny geographic areas like cities and neighborhoods, new research.
Business Needs To Rethink Its Role In Politics
The most recent shift to stakeholder capitalism is accompanied by a darkening of politics not least in the view of most senior executives.
How ancient Indians decoded the mathematics of democracy
A little known aspect of India’s history is its long-established democratic tradition. Ancient Indians even decoded the mathematics of democracy.
In eSwatini, Student Unions Lead Fight For Rights
Students unionists in Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, fear expulsion from university, jail, terror charges, and torture.
Attack On Journalists As Threat To Nigeria Democracy
Two recent attacks on journalists raise concerns about the increased dangers Nigerian journalists confront in the course of their work.
Supreme Court Set Off Gerrymandering ‘Arms Race’
When the contentious, once-in-a-decade struggle over congressional mapmaking begins this year, federal judges will no longer referee.
The Bureaucrats Vital To Democracy
Poll workers are vital to our democracy, but they are also vulnerable to threats to their personal safety or concerns about their well-being.
How the War on Terror Undermined American Democracy
America’s War on Terror is an age old campaign but took more speed following 9/11. However, how has it affected American democracy?