At first glance, 2025 was not a very good year for the movement to end the death penalty in the United States. The number of ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled last week that the state Constitution allows the Legislature to vote by a two-thirds ...

Supreme Court Judge Ibrahim Khadhar Mohammed died Wednesday following an illness. According to reports, the judge, who was ...

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

To his supporters, former media mogul Jimmy Lai is a fighter for democracy. Lai, 78, is an outspoken critic of China’s ruling ...

A pair of initiatives barreling toward the 2026 ballot could give voters a direct say in upending tenets of the state’s ...

Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an ...

I have read your Substack post from 3 December 2025. From the outset, let me extend congratulations to the US on assuming the G20 Presidency. We offer our sincere wishes for a successful term, one ...

International relations minister Ronald Lamola writes that South Africa does not seek approval for the country’s path from the United States. He says our path is our own, chosen by our people and ...

Scenes from FIFA's 1994 World Cup draw in Las Vegas Mike Powell, Al Bello, Chris Wilkins, Neal Simpson / Getty; design: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic Wandering the maze of slot machines and ...