Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study.

A new report has found serious concerns about the state of global democracy as more countries slip in democratic performance.Global patterns show that democracy around the world continued to weaken ...

India fares very poorly in global democracy rankings not because the problems are worse in the country, but because Indians ...

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 ...

Public dissatisfaction with democracy continues to outweigh satisfaction across 12 high-income countries that Pew Research Center has surveyed consistently since 2017. Across that set of countries – ...

When I lived in China, a decade ago, I often saw propaganda billboards covered in words that supposedly expressed the country’s values: Patriotism. Harmony. Equality. And … Democracy. Indeed, China ...

J.D. Vance said Kamala Harris' intention of "censorship at an industrial scale" is a larger threat to democracy than what she claims Donald Trump would be. NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS NEWS: Senator Vance, ...

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s democracy “used ...

Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...

On December 3, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol tried to demolish his country’s democracy. In a shocking late-night television address, Yoon declared “emergency martial law” and put the country ...