LAURA GAMBOA is Assistant Professor of Democracy and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and the author of ...

What worries me most is not the prospect of a third term for Trump. His comments are revealing about his mindset. The man ...

In a reversal, the U.S. State Department has reinstated a few contracts funding Cuban independent news outlets, humanitarian ...

Venezuela was home to one of the most established democracies in Latin America. Today, however, it stands as one of the ...

The suspension of foreign aid programs supporting democracy promotion in authoritarian countries has left many wondering if U.S. policy has abandoned that goal.

WLRN: What kinds of programs and organizations does the Endowment fund in places like Cuba and Venezuela and other places as well? MARTINEZ: The National Endowment for Democracy has had a very ...

“Many have been strong supporters of the president.” In Venezuela, National Endowment for Democracy grants support independent groups that monitor elections and help provide legal defense to ...

The United States is no longer a democracy. At least, that’s the verdict of one nonprofit, the Center for Systemic Peace, which measures regime qualities of countries worldwide based on the ...

The threat to democracy is unambiguous. Like his authoritarian counterparts in Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela, Trump is purging government agencies like the Justice Department, the FBI ...

The head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says that it is “used politically in ways that are very destructive and ...

A group sign of carrying people — mostly seniors — march through downtown Waukegan Wednesdays with chants of “dump Trump,” ...