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In "Democracy in Retrograde," Emily Amick and Sami Sage argue activism can be good for mental health

Danish historian who transformed our understanding of the way Athenian democracy functioned

The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianism

President Biden's response to Trump's potential re-election and the global struggle between democracy and autocracy.

Jan Brewer has had it with election denialism – and she’s speaking out to defend poll workers across the political divide

According to the court, a rogue prosecutor is somehow more dangerous to US rule of law than a rogue commander-in-chief

Younger Mongolians helped deliver a setback to the ruling party in last week’s parliamentary elections after three decades of democracy but it’s unclear if the country is headed for a major changes

Democracies are no better than other forms of government at avoiding catastrophic mistakes. But they are much more effective at rectifying them. While the 2024 British general election might have seemed a long time coming, as the country meandered from one failure to the next, the utter scale of defeat…

New Zealand left with one state-owned English language network as shrinking news landscape prompts fears over impact on democracy