Armenia’s politics may be rough and tumble, but its democratic revolution is well-consolidated. While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consolidates increasing control over all aspects of life in Turkey ...

The Freedom House report was, overall, appropriately depressing. It found: “Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025. A total of 54 countries experienced deterioration in their ...

At an event titled “Academic Freedom: What Remains?” hosted by Brown’s Democracy Project on Friday, four panelists discussed the current state of academic freedom at U.S. universities as they face ...

CHICAGO — When President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, he invoked the need to “preserve our democracy,” “vote for democracy,” and ...

July 4, 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of American Declaration of Independence from England and its king. We chose a different path against tyranny and oppression to pursue freedom and a better ...

It is no secret that politics have gone digital. Most of us get at least some of our news about politics online, and many of us follow politicians on social media platforms. We may express our views ...

"In 2024, the same year democracy levels hit their lowest point since The Economist's Democracy Index was created in 2006, RSF noted that journalists’ work was increasingly obstructed by political ...

Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security law The jailed media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has been awarded Deutsche Welle’s freedom of speech award ...

I'm delighted to report that Profs. Jacob Mchangama (Vanderbilt) & Jeff Kosseff (Naval Academy, moving this year to Minnesota) will be guest-blogging Monday to Wednesday about their new book, The ...

The music star is the focus of the Apple TV+ documentary ‘Bono: Stories of Surrender,’ which just got a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter A ...

CHICAGO - When President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, he invoked the need to “preserve our democracy,” “vote for democracy,” and ...