Evan Osnos on how the rise of the ultrarich—and their increasing detachment from reality—could be the downfall of democracy.

He described Saint Lucia as “a small fragment of Africa” and said the island’s people had made a home for themselves “on the hills and valleys of the plantations on which we were enslaved,” but always ...

Since 2016, the Economist Democracy Index has rated the United States as a “flawed democracy,” with democracy scores in steady decline since 2008. Both these scales and the “V-Dem” liberal democracy ...

It is often considered impolite to talk about religion or politics in public. Admittedly, these conversations often diverge ...

I am Noemi Di Segni, President of the Union of Jewish Communities in Italy. We are the body that represents Italian Jewry and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, recalling it as a dark chapter and urging ...

Under the Trump regime, ignorance has been manufactured and weaponized, twisted into a force that shrouds lies as truth and redefines education as an act of violence. In the U.S. and across other ...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government…a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued decisions on the final six cases that were left on its docket for the summer, including ...

The Trump administration criticized the United Kingdom over its recently passed assisted dying bill, claiming the new ...