In 2018, hundreds of thousands of protesters joined France's yellow vest movement against French President Emmanuel Macron’s carbon tax hike. (Photo by Christophe Leung / CC BY 2.0) This is your first ...

The Fulcrum presents The Path Forward: Defining the Democracy Reform Movement. Scott Warren's interview series engages diverse thought leaders to elevate the conversation about building a thriving and ...

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In 1987, a student’s death at the hands of state police unleashed a wave of protests in South Korea. Students poured into the streets, and soon their demands for democracy were echoed by millions of ...

Political science scholars examined worldwide democratic backsliding and emphasized the need to strengthen pro-democracy coalitions during a Wednesday event titled “Global Challenges & Responses to ...

Five young people spearheading efforts around the world to bolster and restore democratic principles share what they have learned — and what needs to change. By Shivani Vora This article is from a ...

Jessica Ma’s article about older protesters highlights Brookline seniors’ weekly demonstrations to resist the Trumpian assault on the just, diverse, civil society so many elders have worked to build ...

As student demonstrations in Nepal, now called the Gen Z protest, bring social media back to the mountain nation and throw out PM Oli, it’s a scene earlier generations have also starred in. East to ...

COMMENTARY María Corina Machado deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for leading Venezuela's nonviolent democracy movement — but to succeed, should that effort rely on a U.S. military incursion? Last ...

Democracy today is shaped as much online as it is offline. Protests start in encrypted chats; debates unfold in comments, and discourse is filtered through algorithms. The promise of the internet was ...

Myanmar’s post-coup civil war is now into its fifth year and regional geopolitics are playing a bigger role than ever in the success of the country’s pro-democracy movement. According to some ...