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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seventy-two percent of the world's population lives under some sort of autocratic rule, says freedom fighter Leopoldo Lopez. In a rousing call to defend democracy worldwide, he shares the story of his ...

College students everywhere know the feeling of watching their schedules fill up to the point where they struggle to fit even lunch into their day. Days get packed with labs, extracurriculars, ...

Early voting is just one way to make democracy accessible, and options like absentee ballots help ensure every student can participate, no matter where they are.

Despite growing up in the Soviet Union, host Garry Kasparov admired American values—believing America was one of the good guys. But is that still the case? In the final episode of the second season of ...

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 ...

The head of Europe's oldest intergovernmental organization has warned that the West is caught in the throes of a series of crises that bears the real risk of undermining democracy, stability and rule ...

October 6 is the first Monday of the month. It is the traditional start of the U.S. Supreme Court term. It is also the twentieth year with John Roberts as Chief Justice. While American democracy faces ...

Turner Van Slyke ’28 was sitting at his dorm room desk in February when he received an unusual message over LinkedIn. The note was from James Intriligator, a mechanical engineering professor at Tufts ...

As the Israeli blockade of Gaza continues, a nearly 50-boat flotilla carrying humanitarian aid is currently some 150 nautical miles from Gaza. The grandson of Nelson Mandela, Nkosi Zwelivelile “Mandla ...