The health of America’s democracy declined in 2025, according to new evaluations from organizations that have long tracked how well democracies around the world are working. Source: Pew Research ...

What is the current status of democracy in the world? In its 2025 report, V-Dem, a Swedish independent research organization, ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

Papua New Guinea marked 50 years of independence in 2025 with an unbroken record of democratic government, even as political stability coexisted with leadership challenges, constitutional reform and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. An Iowa Department of Transportation proposal to trim the rest area program is the latest example of how ...

President Trump’s war with Iran is the most significant military action in American history that a president has undertaken ...

As South Africa commemorates Freedom Month, government has emphasised the importance of reflecting on South Africa’s democratic journey while fostering intergenerational understanding of the country’s ...