UChicago political scientist Susan C. Stokes analyzes the current moment while offering solutions to a polarized public ...

In cities powerfully shaped by racial capitalism and economic exclusion, communities have long fought to reclaim their futures through economic solidarity and cooperation. This has been the case ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Books & the Arts / Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Nicholas Lemann Democracy ...

The intrinsic benefits of democracy, including government accountability and personal freedoms, are acknowledged in many countries. Yet, average citizens and democracy advocates also ask, to what ...

A host of countries in Africa have seen more political unrest, violent extremism, and democratic reversals since 2020 than in ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Oak Holdings, Olukayode Olusanya, has emphasised the crucial need for stronger collaboration between the government and the private sector to foster a more inclusive, ...

The Economic Community of West African States has warned that “if democracy falters in Nigeria, democracy will collapse everywhere else in the entire West African region.”ECOWAS Commission President, ...

In each of the last six years, the Danish NGO AoD (Alliance of Democracies) has compiled and published the Democracy Perception Index, an international survey of national sentiments regarding ...