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Johns Hopkins research examining generational divides in democratic institutions finds younger respondents have the least ...

It is indeed true that in the United States elected members of two major political parties rotate in and out of government ...

Majorities in most of the 25 countries surveyed say their political system needs major changes or complete reform. About eight-in-ten adults or more in Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Kenya, Nigeria, South ...

The Standard can today reveal the genesis of proposal for a pure presidential system of government adopted by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review. We established the system, ...

It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story because of the fear now running through our system of justice. In recent weeks, President Trump has signed orders against several law ...

You thought America was a democracy? Think again. The presidential election, for starters, obviously isn’t democratic: The president is elected by an electoral college with just 538 voters, none of ...