From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.

While leaders in the U.S., U.K., and France spout nationalist rhetoric, Angela Merkel has emphasized core democratic values in response to the coronavirus.

The subtlest way to undermine democracy is to fake it.

The Russian president is planning a lifetime tenure—and acting as a beacon for budding autocrats, from Turkmenistan to the Trump White House.

In order to save our democracy, we must not merely defeat the Republican Party.

One scholar’s quest for a modern equivalent to the General Will

The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.

Rethinking liberal triumphalism—and its limitations

What would it sound like if someone proposed the Electoral College for the first time today?

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

The president's slurs and his administration's policies are an attack on U.S. democracy itself—all in a desperate bid to cling to power.

How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court ruling on partisan electoral districts highlights bigger problems with how maps are drawn and how representatives are chosen.

If Democrats vying for the presidency want to enact any of their proposals, countering recent assaults on voting rights has to be a top priority.

The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.

Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.

Why the revolutionary left has always been bad news for democracy

The quest for radical equality in the American grain

On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality

If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.