In modern politics, it is tempting to see global events through the lens of personalities. Leaders provide compelling narratives. Their rise and fall create dramatic headlines. But focusing too ...

Majorities in most of the 25 countries surveyed say their political system needs major changes or complete reform. About eight-in-ten adults or more in Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Kenya, Nigeria, South ...

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 ...

Three years ago, I wrote a Roll Call column entitled “Anger has been the drug of choice for our political system for too long.” In it, I said, “We live in a political system that constantly stokes ...

Nearly 6 in 10 voters say the economic and political systems are stacked against people like them, tying a record high over roughly 40 years of national NBC News polling.

Political alienation is a profound sense of estrangement or disconnection from the political system and its processes. It manifests in various ways, including apathy, distrust, and a feeling of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spain has shown relative resistance to the rising far-right tide, and it is currently one of Europe’s only left-wing governed ...

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 ...

A “cross-partisan” grassroots group aimed at improving Colorado’s political system visited Sterling Tuesday to ask the questions, “How can we build a more courageous and representative democracy?” and ...

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, ...