WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President ...

Stephanie Leiser is the Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, and a lecturer at University of Michigan. The Metro’s Sam Corey spoke with Leiser to learn more about a recent study ...

Dominic Tierney is an expert on losers—in the best possible way. The professor's studies of war and its political price are must-read volumes for those looking to understand how force and governance ...

President Donald Trump during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan. 3, 2026, the day U.S. forced captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Credit - Nicole ...

President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal ...

WHAT IS AMERICA’S plan for Venezuela? Three days after Nicolás Maduro was whisked out of Caracas by American special forces, the Trump administration struggles to give a clear answer. If the raid was ...

Frank Chouraqui is a non-active member of the Dutch political party Groenlinks-PvdA (center left) We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing ...

In Scotland, local democracy is meant to give every citizen a voice. The reality, however, is far from this ideal. Across our 32 councils, the rules for petitions, public questions, and deputations ...

Infrastructure is everywhere, and when it is working well, people don’t tend to notice it. But how does the government maintain and improve that infrastructure? What does it take to repair and improve ...

Big Tech has a democracy problem—and Nobel prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu thinks he knows how to fix it. His solution? Smart AI regulation that could help Democrats win back working-class ...