RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats in North Carolina were celebrating big wins in the swing state after the November election, including victories in races for governor and other top statewide offices.

The recent government shutdown is just the latest reminder of dysfunction in American politics — stalemate, leaders unwilling to compromise and citizens left to pay the price. But beyond gridlock lies ...

David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. He oversees the agency’s operations in over 40 crisis-effect countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance ...

In 2026, we will celebrate America’s 250 years as a democracy, making ours the oldest democracy in the world. America is also one of the great powers of the world alongside China. China inherits an ...

Former President Barack Obama delivered these remarks about "the power of pluralism," Thursday at his foundation's "Democracy Forum" in Chicago. "A majority rule determines who wins and who loses, but ...

On Jan. 6, 2021, a long-standing feature of our democratic government, in fact a primary feature of democracies everywhere, was seriously challenged. That feature was the peaceful transfer of power, a ...

Countries where democracy is in trouble share a common pattern, and it’s a worrying one for the United States. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás Supported by By Amanda Taub Amanda Taub ...

For so many of us, these are mostly dark times interrupted by brief windows of hope — and the road ahead is daunting. No matter how this year’s presidential election plays out, the contest’s ultimate ...

German Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels (1897 - 1945) listens to Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) making election speech in 1932. Credit - Keystone-Getty Images Adolf Hitler never won a majority in a free ...

Open-Source Communities Fuel 40% of Machine Learning Breakthroughs, From High School Climate Models to Neural Mapping Eric Malley, Editor-in-Chief of EricMalley.com and creator of Spherical ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In an era of rising authoritarianism, at the heels of a six-hour martial law decree that unfolded while many South Koreans slept, something noteworthy happened: Democracy ...