Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

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 ...

Two leading democracy watchdog organizations are releasing studies this week that evaluate the state of American democracy after President Trump's first year.

Donald Trump’s authoritarian drift in his second term places the country on a par with Hungary or Turkey, according to a ranking by Sweden’s V-Dem Institute ...

Presently, most countries in the world are governed through two main systems: democracy and dictatorship, each with its own significant advantages and disadvantages. Democracy is a system in which ...

Democracy is often imagined as something that collapses dramatically—through coups, crackdowns, or the suspension of ...

On Friday Feb. 28, a press conference was held in the Oval Office with President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimar Zelensky in attendance. I was horrified at the ...

If you thought being a white, Christian mother raising your family in suburbia protected you from Trump’s masked paramilitary thugs, think again, and consider VP Vance’s announcing that his and ...

Despite his rhetoric about democracy and inclusivity, Syria’s new president is steering the country back toward military dictatorship. Between 1946 and 1970, Syria experienced ten successful coups and ...

Massive protests against President Trump took place across the U.S. and in different parts of the world. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News WASHINGTON—Mass protests kicked off around the country ...

Oscar-nominated film 'The Secret Agent' shows how history is an essential tool for resisting authoritarianism.