American democracy is in real trouble, but history, law, social science, and global politics all suggest that rights can be ...

Evelyn Mantilla, a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives who served for 10 years representing one of the ...

The former president's statement comes after an ICE agent shot dead Alex Pretti, an American nurse, in Minnesota on Saturday.

Six months before she died, in October 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published a memorable essay in Foreign Affairs, “The Coming Democratic Revival.” Amid rising pessimism ...

Human Rights Watch said Donald Trump’s return to the White House has deepened a “downward spiral” in human rights already strained by Russia and China.

A major human rights group report indicates global democracy has been set back 40 years; A third Australian dies on Japan's ski slopes, in a horror season across the nation; And Western Sydney upsets ...

It’s now impossible for Democrats to change the subject from the United States’ descent into authoritarianism, and they ...

Emily Bazelon, a lawyer and writer, thinks the courts have pushed back against Trump in important ways. But ultimately, as ...

Mordecai Kurz considers how the root causes of the current populist-authoritarian moment can best be addressed.

About half of American adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only about one-quarter think it's doing “very” or “moderately” well, according ...

While a welcome update, Rubio’s remarks did not clarify the White House’s end goal in Venezuela. What does success look like ...