This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American There is a new incumbent in the White House, ...

To kick off his Democracy Day breakout session Youth and Democratic Erosion, SNF Agora Fellow Scott Warren asked a small group of first-year students how they feel about the current state of democracy ...

Just this week, using a “security justifies all” narrative, the Trump administration took over Washington, D.C.’s police department and mobilized National Guard troops, portraying the city as overrun ...

Public dissatisfaction with democracy continues to outweigh satisfaction across 12 high-income countries that Pew Research Center has surveyed consistently since 2017. Across that set of countries – ...

It doesn't take a conspiracy to dismantle democracy - just concentrated wealth and time. Across the globe, but especially in the United States, the ultra-wealthy have learned to bend democratic ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Few communities in America prospered as much as Texarkana during President Joe Biden’s four ...