Corruption in politics is not an accident or an exception. It is a predictable outcome of a system that rewards loyalty, access and survival over accountability, transparency and the public interest.

American politics feels less like a democracy and more like a never-ending custody battle. Voters get stuck in the middle while two massive parties argue over who gets to “own” them. The Republican ...

On Dec. 19, at 6 p.m., Elections Reform Now will present a webinar on "How to Reform the Political System to Combat Polarization and Extremism." In 2021, a group of the leading academics in the United ...

We are weeks away from the U.S. presidential election—and every other lawn in my Berkeley neighborhood has been taken over by political yard signs for school board positions, our hotly contested ...

OF ALL the endlessly repeated conventional wisdom in today’s Washington, the most lazy, stupid and ubiquitous is that our politics is broken. On the contrary. Our political system is working well (I ...

The squalid state of our present political institutions points to a failure of not just individuals but the system as a whole. Kamala Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. With all eyes ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on views of elected officials and political reform in 25 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and ...

The Chinese economy is, arguably, more imbalanced than ever. The continuous stream of facts and arguments from people like Michael Pettis and Brad Setser show this beyond any doubt. In the context of ...

Business executives surveyed by the 2025 United Kingdom Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) Business Environment Competitiveness Survey (BECS) have expressed growing confidence in the country’s ...

Barbecue stands tall among America’s great cultural contributions, alongside the blues, jazz, bourbon and our national pastime. More than just a culinary delight, barbecue embodies history, tradition ...