Fusion advocates said the system allows politics to be more dynamic. People’s political beliefs don’t always fit neatly in a ...

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ...

This represents a dramatic change that began in President Jimmy Carter’s administration and reflects a disturbing shift in the way we manage, or mismanage, our government.

It's been nearly two weeks since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college campus in broad daylight. Since then, Americans of every political stripe have pointed the finger ...

When host Garry Kasparov created the Renew Democracy Initiative in 2017, the founding manifesto warned that “the liberal-democratic order is under attack from within and without.” Eight years later, ...

“You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives,” warned a man occupying a green tent on the steps of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C. It was roughly 6:00 a.m. on ...

A new Times/Siena survey shows a significant shift among voters, as their concerns about the health of the political system overtake other issues. Voters who think America’s political system ... 100% ...

Lindsey Williams Drath is CEO of the Forward Party. The current structures of America’s political system encourage toxic polarization, extreme policy positions, and blatant self-interest. No wonder we ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on views of elected officials and political reform in 25 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and ...

The United States government has been shut down for nearly a month, yet another indication that the political system has become deeply dysfunctional. But the shutdown is just another episode in a ...

A simplified explanation of how political systems function in society. As California highway slides toward sea, the fix will ...

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged warring Afghan sides to seize the opportunity to strike a peace deal at ...