Professor Barbara F. Walter, a renowned expert on civil wars around the world, warns that the United States meets key ...

It seems strange to imagine a United States where democracy is no longer its rallying cry—a United States where protests ...

Democracy doesn’t collapse overnight. It erodes slowly — when citizens tune out, when facts get blurry, when fear divides us and when the rule of law is twisted to serve the powerful instead ...

When Stephen Richer, former Republican county recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona, joined the Ash Center for Democratic ...

In fact, if trends described by the authors continue throughout 2025, the United States’ government regime would “definitely” be reclassified in next year’s annual “Democracy Report ...

In America, unrest has been growing for weeks ... call an authoritarian power grab that threatens the very fabric of democracy. “We’re not waiting for someone to save us,” D.C. organizers ...

Because the erosion of democracy happens gradually, the opposition has ample opportunities to fight back. In the United States, opposition groups are not without resources. The Democratic Party holds ...

In nearly two and a half centuries, American democracy has faced its challenges, and in those times, our courts have played a role in saving us from the brink of collapse. But today, we confront ...