A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Eupen, Belgium About two dozen ...

The health of global democracy is regressing to Cold War-era levels. For the average global citizen, democracy is now back ...

On International Women's Day, Celina Stewart, argues that women's voting rights are at risk.

Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...

Political science scholars examined worldwide democratic backsliding and emphasized the need to strengthen pro-democracy coalitions during a Wednesday event titled “Global Challenges & Responses to ...

Public concern about rising costs is fueling hopes for a blue wave in the November midterm elections, as well as Democratic wins in Wisconsin that could deliver trifecta control of the Legislature, ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

Alongside a deluge of new policies, this year has seen unprecedented political discourse about the nature of government: how much we should have, how efficient it can be, and whether bureaucracy will ...

Shea Charles, East Grand Rapids city manager, speaks during a panel discussion at the Ford School of Public Policy Tuesday afternoon. Randall Xiao/DAILY. Buy this photo. The Ford School of Public ...

In the first piece of the series, Global Times reporter Ma Ruiqian interviewed Jean Pegouret (Pegouret), president and ...