Blind optimism is not helpful for those Americans who want to save American democracy. But nor is it the case that democracy in our country is a lost cause. Moreover, pessimism can be immobilizing.

In the wake of a volatile session, one major question looms. Will the measures survive the courtroom and the ballot box?

The court has also positioned itself as an implacable enemy of political reform in other spheres. The 2019 decision Rucho v.

Osita Nwanevu discusses his new book, how our political structure turned up the temperature after Charlie Kirk, and what ...

Without free movement with the EU, the Swiss would be forced to work longer every day and would retire later, says Andreas Künne, the new EU ambassador in Bern.

This fall’s double-header—a second session of Annual Town Meeting followed by a Special Town Meeting—will deal with issues that affect just about everybody in this community. We’re sending a copy to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ahead of the historic election that legalized abortion in Missouri, Steve Werner knocked on a thousand doors in the Kansas City area. Traveling house to house, he urged his ...

Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public testimony against the proposal. Roughly an hour later, Republicans ...

A Thai pro-democracy party whose rise to power has been thwarted by the country’s conservative establishment is suddenly in pole position to anoint its next prime minister. After the Constitutional ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively. Tony ...

A Hong Kong court heard final arguments Monday in the landmark national security trial of former pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, who could be sentenced to up to life in prison if he is ...