#Democracy

Trump removed the two Democratic members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the bipartisan agency leaderless. A Supreme Court ruling made it legal. Here's why a non-crisis can still be a warning sign.

AI is reshaping how citizens know, act, and deliberate together. Three researchers argue democracy's infrastructure wasn't built for this—and the design choices are already being made.

The Trump administration has gutted the DOJ's Voting Section, pushing out two dozen experienced lawyers and replacing them with loyalists. With 2026 midterms approaching, what does this mean for American democracy?

Every leading candidate to replace fired AG Pam Bondi has a history of promoting 2020 election denial. What happens when the nation's top law enforcement officer is chosen for their willingness to contest democratic outcomes?

Lebanon's parliament just postponed its May 2026 elections by two years, citing war. But this is the country's fourth delay since 2013. Is crisis suspending democracy, or is democracy being managed through crisis?

Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi leaves after 15 months of high-profile blunders. The troubling question: was her incompetence the only thing protecting his opponents?

From Hungary to Colombia, scholars who've faced authoritarian regimes share what works, what doesn't, and what the U.S. civil resistance movement can learn from the world.

Critics are calling it the "Trump regime"—not administration. A single word shift is sparking fierce debate about the state of American democracy and what political language reveals.

Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles declared "Muslims don't belong in American society." His district has 40,000 Muslim constituents. What happens when a democracy produces representatives who reject pluralism itself?

Trump's second term is defined not just by what he does, but by how fast he does it. What happens when a leader's time horizon shrinks to hours?

Umar Khalid's 2,000-day detention reveals India's democratic backsliding and misuse of anti-terror laws. International concerns mount over India's authoritarian drift.

A Colombian Indigenous community is fielding an AI avatar as their parliamentary candidate, using blockchain for collective decision-making. What does this mean for democracy?