One year into the president’s second term, the country’s institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian impulses.

Venezuela’s road to democracy does not start or end with Trump’s extraction of Maduro, writes journalist Helena Carpio.

At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and ...

Though many are worried about the potential economic harm of Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the independence of the ...

A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Eupen, Belgium About two dozen ...

Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...

Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy is humming along and city hall is taking care of business. The federal ...

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 ...

JUDICIAL RESTRAINT IN DECISION MAKING. The most important thing judges do is decide legal questions and cases. Judicial restraint in reaching decisions means deciding cases on the narrowest ... more ...

Stanford will celebrate its fifth annual Democracy Day on Nov. 4 in a day-long celebration of civic engagement marked by events, panels, mixers and activities. Despite it being a non-election year, ...

In response to Ted Gaines' piece, "Proposition 50: It’s a naked power grab" published Oct. 23, I contend his analysis is flawed because it fails to consider the national implications that follow from ...

EUPEN, Belgium – About two dozen people met in a white stone parliament building in eastern Belgium on a recent Saturday. They held a lively debate over the region’s retirement policy and hashed out ...