A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance.
Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...
Dear friends, thank you very much for inviting me here. Today, I want to share three messages with you all. My first message is that democracy is not just another ideology. Democracy is the system ...
Syria and the Strongman’s Democracy. Here, Syrian president Ahmad Al-Sharaa approaches the podium to speak during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at ...
This fall, millions of college students arrived on campuses carrying more than backpacks and laptops — they hold the power to shape the future of our democracy. During this constitutional crisis in ...
As authoritarian leaders challenge democratic institutions around the world, some people are questioning whether democracy is even the best political system. In a wide-ranging conversation, writer ...
The Fulcrum is committed to nurturing the next generation of journalists. To learn about the many NextGen initiatives we are leading, click HERE. We asked Luke Harris, a Fall Intern with the Fulcrum ...
A rally on Capitol Hill in support of democracy, Oct. 1. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP) Today, Americans are less likely to believe that the U.S. will “cease to be a democracy in the future" than they were three ...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is once again sparking campaign buzz for participating in an advertisement advocating California redistricting. "Trump is redrawing maps to force a Congress that ...
JNU was meant to be an ‘entirely new type of university’ with a robust spirit of critique. Its anti-establishment character ...
A large, peaceful crowd at the Illinois State Capitol shouted that statement, which was also featured on numerous signs ...