One research institution says not only is the answer to that question “yes,” but that the decline has been happening for years – and the so-called democratic recession is deepening.The world in 2024 ...

Analysts argue that the US president’s upending of political norms has emboldened autocratic leaders around the world.

As governance watchdog Freedom House has diligently chronicled, democracy around the world has now declined for 20 straight years. Today, the most obvious examples of this backsliding can be found ...

It seems strange to imagine a United States where democracy is no longer its rallying cry—a United States where protests ...

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There is a sickening symmetry to President Donald Trump’s actions: While undermining U.S. democracy at home, he is also ...

For generations, the Voice of America has countered authoritarian propaganda with independent news. That’s apparently no ...

Authoritarian politics are ascendant. Actions by Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S.

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Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is ...