Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states. It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified news sources ...

In principle, a person who supports a government of, by, and for the people should not also support a system that ...

Earlier this year, while preparing to start a media training with a group of women elected leaders, I noticed one of the participants was missing — the mayor of a Minnesota suburb. A colleague ...

Five young people spearheading efforts around the world to bolster and restore democratic principles share what they have learned — and what needs to change. By Shivani Vora This article is from a ...

We cannot depolarize politics and government without denationalizing them. Community foundations can develop and deploy intangible assets that national funders cannot. Participation in neighborhood ...

The U.S. has long used the promotion of democracy overseas as a crucial form of “soft power,” not only to gain ideological influence in global geopolitics, but also to foster the emergence of ...

Public dissatisfaction with democracy continues to outweigh satisfaction across 12 high-income countries that Pew Research Center has surveyed consistently since 2017. Across that set of countries – ...

President George W. Bush delivers a speech at the National Endowment for Democracy in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 2005. Credit - Dennis Brack—Bloomberg/Getty Images The U.S ...