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The 1974 collapse of the far-right junta brought relief – but for some it took years to feel safe

The documentary Join or Die examines the decline of civic engagement in America – and how it has fueled a worsening national crisis

After protesters occupied parliament, the government did something extraordinary: it hired them, says Demos chief executive Polly Curtis

Venezuelans mobilize for a crucial election to defend democracy amidst economic and political challenges.

In Athens, the birthplace of republican rule, a new exhibition is exploring art it inspired, from pop art shootings to spies lurking in the Parthenon. Ironically, dictators steal the show

Case raises questions about complicity of western financial institutions in persecution of Chinese government critics

The Strengthening Australian Democracy report released by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil this week provides a sophisticated diagnosis of the challenges facing democratic governance around the world. The report also offers a broad prescription of how Australia might meet those challenges.

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

The journalist tells of her fears for democracy’s future, the dangers of another Trump presidency and how her husband became Poland’s foreign minister