Here's what community members had to say in three recent letters to the editor we received. Submit your own thoughts here. Each Sunday, I have Alexa remind me to tune on “In Focus’’ before I leave for ...

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a 'typical example of where democracy is dying,' citing a lack of accountability and elite capture of the state. Obi ...

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Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned Thursday that acrimonious political discourse and threats to judges are eroding the ability of the United States to serve as an example of democracy ...

This spotlight is, then, a form of protest in its own right: a way of reasserting that protest is legitimate, important for democracy, and everywhere.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is easy to see that being rich has its perks — courtside seats, lavish vacations and, increasingly, an outsized say in how our ...

That is the stark warning of the first-ever flagship report from the Afrobarometer, the African survey organisation based in Accra, Ghana. Based on nationally representative surveys in 39 countries, ...

How did people across 24 nations rate the political environment in their country in 2023? In a word: poorly. Ratings of democracy are generally negative across the 24 countries surveyed. A median of ...

Mattia Ferraresi is a writer at the Italian newspaper Domani. The Catholic Church is not known for its democratic practices. The pope is the absolute ruler of a theocratic state with no separation of ...

It’s an indelible moment that poses the question: Is democracy in danger? On Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a violent mob stormed the U.S.