In “Mafia Democracy: How Our Republic Became a Mob Racket,” author Michael Franzese claims that politicians are acting like organized crime members.

It’s among the world’s oldest forms of government, but it’s increasingly under threat. These books consider the sources and effects of an alarming global trend. By Richard Stengel Autocratic ...

After working with Watergate reporter Bob Woodward on the book, Costa said he realized democracy itself was in peril in the US — and former president Donald Trump is playing a pivotal role.

Books! What a democracy-enhancing concept! In one sense, committing one’s ideas to tangible print is a delightfully 18 th-century means of bringing about social change. But in another, it might ...

The book "China: Whole-Process People's Democracy" was published during the forum event, "Understanding China·Bay Area Dialogue - Chinese-style Modernization and New Opportunities in the World ...

Of all the books that this new democracy-defense industry has produced, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s How Democracies Die makes the most coherent case, by way of comparison, for why Trump ...

I deliberately chose books that cover a wide range of issues and viewpoints related to the topic. I was invited to write this piece because of my own recent book on the topic, Free to Move: Foot ...

A new book by a noted historian attempts to show how expanding American democracy hurt Native Americans in the early days of the nation and how tribes viewed the young United States as an entity ...

After working with Watergate reporter Bob Woodward on the book, Costa said he realized democracy itself was in peril in the US — and former president Donald Trump is playing a pivotal role.

On "Reliable Sources" Sunday, CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter discussed the changing role of political media — and how reporters need to do a better job protecting democracy.