The youth-led struggle for democracy in Uganda reflects a broader continental reality: young Africans want better leadership.

A lottocratic system, in which citizens are randomly selected to serve as legislators, could empower ordinary people and stem political dysfunction. American democracy seems to be falling into an ever ...

Our political system is unable to build a bipartisan consensus to address the major issues of our times. Hyper-partisanship is rampant. As a result, faith in our government and our institutions is at ...

Muslim-majority countries face complex economic and political challenges, and one proposed solution has been the establishment of political systems grounded in Islamic principles. In response, various ...

Norden is vice president of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. Weiner is director of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for ...

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 ...

Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And ...

THIS Holy Week, I want to address my thoughts on the sorry state of our political culture and the transcendent need for reform and renewal of our political system. Within four weeks, on May 12, the ...