This story is adapted from Ari Berman’s new book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People —and the Fight to Resist It, which will be published April 23. “Today, we’re here to ...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the 2026 Electoral Act Amendment Bill aimed at clarifying court jurisdiction in the ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. He put his name on the Kennedy Center?! That I don’t have to tell you who “he” is or what this ...

As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...

Discover what causes political gridlock, its effects on governance, and strategies to overcome it, including insights into ...

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy conducts the EU’s common foreign and security policy, presides over the Foreign Affairs Council, builds consensus between the EU ...

If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic practices or policies. But the real answer ...

EIU grades 167 countries out of ten according to the state of their democracy, and sorts them into four camps: full and flawed democracies, and hybrid and authoritarian regimes. By that measure, ...