To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME asked 25 experts to share a song that captures the essence of American life today.

In the heavily gerrymandered Buckeye State, the GOP-controlled legislature rules without fear of voters, and it’s hard at ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. On Sunday, April 12, Hungarians will go to the polls in an election that will decide the future of their country and the ...

In dictionaries, autocracy is defined as "acting according to one's own will". But a more realistic definition may be that it represents a process devoid of transparency and accountability, where an ...

The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.” A poster featuring President Donald Trump in a SS ...

The word ‘democracy’ was, of course, invented by the Greeks — demokratia meant simply that people (demos) had power (kratos). This definition did not refer to any specific institutional mechanism, ...

Unruly Republic: Columnist Barton Swaim argues that Democrats' response to President Trump's attack on Iran is motivated by the Iraq war, appeasing the progressive left, but ultimately brings us back ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Frances Cerra Whittelsey and members of all the Leagues of Women Voters on Long Island. No matter how you voted in 2024, we all need to recognize that the very ...

As the United States heads toward the midterm elections, there are growing concerns among some political scientists that the country has moved even further along the path to some form of autocracy.