A large majority of Democrats (86%) are dissatisfied with how American democracy is working. Around half of Republicans (51%) say the same.

A national survey finds Americans strongly concerned about democratic rights, divided over national pride and the country's trajectory.

At a time of sharp political divides and rapidly changing technological innovation, Archon Fung, co-director of the Program ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi will launch a multimillion-dollar politics institute at UC Berkeley when she leaves office, co-teaching a course on Congress and hosting visiting fellows from across the political ...

Bipartisan judges are touring the Midwest to warn citizens about the dangers of a politicized judiciary.

As the U.S. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, here are eight ways its political ...

Eight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator, the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating. “Democratic backsliding,” a term originating in ...

Wesleyan University’s tradition of practical idealism has long connected rigorous learning with public action. Now, with a ...

The following is an excerpt from “Democracy InAction: How Citizen Apathy Threatens America and What We Can Do About It,” ...

“The principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence were always more important than a single man,” writes James Kloppenberg.

WHICH IS THE PARTY OF DEMOCRACY? Under wildly different circumstances, Democrats in Maine and Republicans in South Carolina ...

In the run-up to July 4, surveys have revealed broad and growing pessimism about the direction of the country.