Socialism isn’t about taking away freedom or punishing success. It’s about ensuring fairness, opportunity, and dignity for ...

A coup toppled his government in 1948, and democracy would not reemerge in Venezuela for another decade. By then Betancourt ...

Progressives have long sought to transform the United States into a Scandinavian-style social democracy. New York City offers a plausible demonstration of what that might look like—and it’s not an ...

Zamora reject the notion that political rights and socioeconomic welfare are separate or even competing goals.

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 This article is from a ...

Democracy, once thought to be self-sustaining, is on defense. Like every system before it, democracy has gone through cycles of strength and weakness—but its survival is no longer guaranteed. What is ...

In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...