Losing democracy once can make it harder to restore it, even after a democratic government returns to power. University of Birmingham professor Nic Cheeseman analyzed three decades of data.

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 ...

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 ...

The criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding costly renovations of the Fed's headquarters has caused a widespread backlash that transcends political differences, as it ...

Democracy experts agree that President Donald Trump is pushing America towards autocracy with little sign of stopping. The New York Times' Editorial Board launched a chilling “autocracy tracker” for ...