The democracy field is asking itself hard questions about direction, strategy, and impact. This summer, I've had one-on-one conversations with over 25 professionals across the space as I sought to ...

I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it. In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a ...

If democracy is desirable because it gives us a measure of agency over the conditions that shape our lives—helping us master our own fates rather than living as the mere subjects of the powerful or ...

Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...

The first three months of the Trump administration were a mass-extinction level event for global democracy support and foreign aid. With astonishing speed, the administration decimated two ...

The League of Women Voters Yolo County will present its Annual Democracy Works Award in October, but there’s still time to nominate a candidate or organization before the September deadline. The ...

What people often fail to appreciate is that democracy itself guarantees nothing. We tend to see democratic elections in countries that are relatively open and free. How do we look today at England, ...

Across Africa, democracy is being tested – by rising authoritarianism and military coups as well as a growing disconnect between citizens and the institutions meant to represent them. The latest ...