G rumbling about the health of democracy can sound abstract. But its decline shows up in wars, coups, contested elections and curbs on civil liberties across the world. EIU, our s ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in ...

Following eight years of decline, 2025 marks a stabilisation of democracy scores that suggests an end to the global democratic recession. -- The index shows remarkable stability in the higher-ranked ...

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin ...

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“The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history,” one of the world’s top democracy researchers says in a new report. The Varieties of Democracies ...

Five young people spearheading efforts around the world to bolster and restore democratic principles share what they have learned — and what needs to change. By Shivani Vora See more of our coverage ...

American children are taught that democracy is the best form of government. I remember teachers saying that popularly elected governments are the “natural” endpoint of all societies. But is this true?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump’s “attacks on the press, academia, civil liberties, and dissenting voices” as reasons to downgrade the US ...