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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democracy has long been viewed as humanity's crowning political achievement. It is hailed as a system that enshrines human rights, ...

At a time when American democracy faces real threats, many mainstream Jewish leaders are struggling to find public footing. Some leaders have spoken out, and some institutions and denominations have ...

From trust in elections to political polarization, experts shared what they believe Americans should understand about ...

Sept. 15 is the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy, an annual moment to assess the health of democracy around the world. Unfortunately, as numerous studies have demonstrated, democracy has ...

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There’s a large and obvious disconnect in the Democratic Party strategy for combating Donald Trump this year and in the 2026 midterms. Democratic elites and many activists (not to mention millions of ...

President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world. The Summit for Democracy, a virtual event being co-hosted by the White ...

On July 21, President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal of his reelection bid. Minutes later, he announced his full endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Despite worries about the substitution ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A new CNN poll in the key early primary state of South Carolina confirms the findings ...

Kenya has long admired a particular brand ofpolitician — the defiant one, the one who speaks truth to power at greatpersonal cost, the one whose suffering lends their words a moral authority ...

Fencing booty is the most underappreciated problem of historical pirate logistics. Myths and stories about “going on the account” (as high-seas piracy was known during its late–seventeenth- and ...