Daron Acemoglu told Fortune Donald Trump’s AI policy could jeopardize U.S. democracy. But AI proponents say any regulation ...

SIMON: What do you think - what do you see happening in the United States today? APPLEBAUM: So I want to make it clear that the United States is not an authoritarian state right now. But what we see ...

More than three-quarters of Americans say democracy is currently under threat, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. Seventy-six percent of likely voters say democracy is ...

We need people willing to testify publicly, to challenge injustice face-to-face, to stand behind their words in public forums ...

Public policy is heavily shaped by interest groups and bureaucracy. The rich have the freedom to provide alternative perspectives.

Our institutions of higher education are uniquely situated to be a part of the solution so that we may turn the page on this divisive chapter of our nation’s history.

The two came together at Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University for a question-and-answer session moderated by WGLT's Charlie Schlenker, in the first of a series of Democracy Dialogues.

Losing democracy once can make it harder to restore it, even after a democratic government returns to power. University of Birmingham professor Nic Cheeseman analyzed three decades of data.

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

Journalism is a public good, and its survival is essential if we want our communities to have access to quality news and ...

It took just over 14 months for Yoon Suk Yeol to go from South Korea's presidential residence to a life behind bars. It took ...

A year and a half ago, Bangladesh looked as though it was on track to defy the global pattern of democratic reversal. Mass protests led by an economically frustrated younger gener ...