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Thirty-five years ago, Wang Dan was number one on China's most-wanted list. The student leader, who headed months of mass protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, was arrested after the army violently removed the demonstrators and spent years in jail. Now living in exile in the US, he reflects on how…

I became newly worried about the state of democracy when, a few years ago, my mother was elected president of her neighborhood garden club.

President Biden's visit to France highlights democracy, global leadership, and diplomatic efforts.

This disturbing study of individuals imprisoned without trial for being part of a ‘Maoist conspiracy’ illustrates Modi’s autocratic rule and the plight of minorities and dissenters

Congressman Adam Schiff emphasizes respecting legal verdicts and upholding the rule of law in democracy.

Claudia Sheinbaum is the presidential front-runner, with 20,000 other posts up for grabs in the country’s biggest election ever

Fletcher’s epic and witty study unearths the history of the Roman roads and their hold on our imagination, while Gilbert celebrates Alcide De Gasperi, the postwar Christian Democrat politician whose passion for democracy energised a country scarred by war and Mussolini

Faced with student protestors’ demands, donors, and managing their reputations, educational institutions are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place.

Like many other Americans, I am exhilarated and scared by Trump’s conviction and what may come next