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“All politics is local,” proclaims an old American saying. That might partly explain why democratic politics is going...

“All politics is local,” proclaims an old American saying. That might partly explain why democratic politics is going so badly -- especially, but not only, in the United States. For local government to work properly, there must be local journalism to hold politicians and policymakers to account. But local journalism has been collapsing in many parts of the world. This makes it more difficult for citizens ...

“All politics is local,” proclaims an old American saying. That might partly explain why democratic politics is going so badly -- especially, but not only, in the United States. For local government to work properly, there must be local journalism to hold politicians and policymakers to account. But local journalism has been collapsing in many parts of the world. This makes it more difficult for citizens ...

Is there an ideal design for parliament buildings and legislative chambers? The question seems abstract, but it comes...

Populism has been on the rise in recent years. But why? And what exactly is populism? It’s the first episode of our series "The power of populism."

Populism has been on the rise in recent years. But why? And what exactly is populism? It’s the first episode of our series "The power of populism."

PRINCETON — Should journalists say and write what they think? Recent controversies have given new urgency to old questions about journalists’professional ethics and political role in democracy.

The fact that there is no choreographed political theater around the indictment is precisely how democracies tend to work: in a messy and piecemeal fashion