We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, ...

MS-NOW's Rachel Maddow accepts the Walter Cronkite Award for "excellence in TV political journalism." RACHEL MADDOW: I want ...

A new report shows Australians don’t want to be reduced to merely voters. They want a democracy that listens, including ...

Recent studies have shown declining levels of trust in democratic systems. We asked experts to consider democracy’s strengths ...

Political globalism” bears the unmistakable signature of an oligarchized democracy. No matter how we vote, a small elite ...

WASHINGTON ‒ For Joseph Atou, democracy is sharing with hundreds of visitors the history of America’s foundation. For Gregg Amore, it’s teaching the younger generation the importance of civic ...

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 ...

Sept. 15 is the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy, an annual moment to assess the health of democracy around the world. Unfortunately, as numerous studies have demonstrated, democracy has ...

These days, we hear a lot about the United States crossing the Rubicon from democracy to authoritarianism. But where are we on the trajectory? KPBS spoke with people who study government and the law ...

During the 2024 campaign, voters were repeatedly told that democracy in America was under threat. Polls show that voters believed that — albeit for different reasons based on their political ...

Political fundraising is bad enough. But politicians are charging taxpayers to travel for the purpose of selling their time ...

Social media platforms are being used to inject toxic nonsense into American political discourse, and foreign governments are ...