Michael Kreiter (lecturer, Department of Sociology) and sociology undergraduate students Amelia Jobe and Danilla Kowalczuk ...

A new left-wing political movement, the Movement for Social Democracy, was founded in Georgia on February 17 with the aim of promoting social justice and strengthening the ongoing wave of protests, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected “outside” interference in German elections, insisting that they would decide their ...

From this issued the idea of “democracy”: a particular form of social organisation in which citizens participate in the decisions that affect them. Small communities can practise direct ...

Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party, as well as Germany’s other mainstream parties, have ruled out working with the AfD, in a stance which has become known as a “firewall.” ...

Dante Riedel is part of a growing wave of young people who support a far-right political party in Germany. As the nation ...

The U.S. and the world are moving away from democracy and toward autocratic rule. Psychological research suggests several ...

Founded in 1994, the Democratic Party is one of the few pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong, where political activism has faced a stern crackdown from China’s central government in Beijing.

HKFP looks back at the the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's largest opposition group, over the years, its key figures, and where ...

Sensationalism, controversy, and misinformation outperform factual reporting, eroding trust in journalism and deepening societal divisions. Three journalists weigh in.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez cautioned how social media could threaten democracies ...