despite growing opposition from pro-democracy and rights groups who see it as a threat to the country’s young democracy. Protesters tear down the fence at parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, ...

The data shows that happiness has direct effects on politics and the economy, with unhappiness leading to political polarization, reduced productivity and ultimately, being a threat for democracy.

It used to be common knowledge — not just among policymakers and economists but also high school students with a grasp of history — that tariffs are a terrible idea. The phrase “beggar thy ...

R. David Harden is the former assistant administrator at USAID’s bureau for democracy, conflict and humanitarian assistance. In this role, he oversaw global democracy and governance efforts in ...

In Syria, over a thousand people have been killed, the vast majority of them civilians, in a spate of massacres largely targeting the country’s Alawite religious minority. Syria’s longtime ...

This was bad enough as a business axiom, but when it’s applied to the entire apparatus of our democracy, it’s terrifying. My memoir of my decades covering these people—from when they had ...

Trump Can Easily Fix the Tren de Aragua Deportation Mess The Disqualifying Hypocrisy of Princeton’s President Dem Caucus Still Reeling from Schumer’s Shutdown Switcheroo, Divided on Strategy ...

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org.I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to Nicaragua, which has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a report last month ...

Today, Twitter/X, run by an enemy of democracy in the service of an enemy of Canada, is controlled by a government that is explicitly attempting to annex our country. It’s high time the Canadian ...

“In a democracy, your vote is your voice,” Huang said. “The fact that in 2025 lawmakers continue to try to shut people of color, women and people with disabilities out of the democratic process shows ...

Ryan D. Enos is a professor of Government. Steven Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and a professor of Government. Democracy is in greater peril today than at ...

By Edward Wong and Mattathias Schwartz The National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit that has had bipartisan support over decades for its work promoting democracy abroad, is suing the U.S ...