Research has shown that personal trust in the U.S. is linked to broader confidence in democratic institutions, greater communal participation and fewer reported negative feelings like anxiety and depression, the Pew Research Center notes…. Read more »
Authoritarian regimes supplant democratic governments in various ways, according to this year’s Robert H. Kirschner, MD, Human Rights Memorial Lecture at the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. “Of course,… Read more »
Democratic institutions and norms and some chronic dilemmas in the practice of democracy come under scrutiny in a seminar series commencing on Thursday, 19 November 2020 which convenes important thinkers… Read more »
As of today, Amnesty International will no longer be able to work inside India. Following years of official threats, intimidation and harassment, Amnesty India’s accounts have been frozen without… Read more »
Wishful thinking is typical among opponents of authoritarian populists. But populist presidents and prime ministers, on average, stay in office twice as long as non-populist ones: six and a half… Read more »
Liberals are supposed to believe that the freedom to dissent is an essential part of a functioning democracy. More points of view lead to a better grasp of complex… Read more »
As someone with extensive personal experience with the suppression of debate by ideological conformity, I’m happy to see names from all over the political spectrum signing this open letter… Read more »
Over recent years, the political and intellectual energy has been with illiberal movements. Too often, the advocates of free speech and free institutions have been passive, even fatalistic. It is… Read more »
The last time democracy nearly died all over the world and almost all at once, Americans argued about it, and then they tried to fix it, notes Jill Lepore, a… Read more »
Populist politics and authoritarian resurgence will be growing risks over the next year, according to a new report. The risks posed by populist and nativist agendas will grow in 2020,… Read more »