Darren Walker explores inequality and democracy in 'The Idea of America' Darren Walker has spent much of his life fighting inequality. From humble beginnings in rural Texas, he went on to lead one of ...

Demonstrators march outside the U.S. Capitol during the Poor People's Campaign rally at the National Mall in Washington on June 23, 2018. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Economists usually gauge a country’s ...

The Labour 20 (L20) group of unions has warned that the agenda emerging under the United States' G20 Presidency risks ...

Why digital activism, fiscal accountability, and transnational movements are reshaping democratic resilience Across ...

Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' ...

America is being hollowed out by an extractive economy. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” just passed both chambers of Congress. It slashes over $1 trillion from Medicaid and cuts anti-hunger programs by ...

In an upcoming article entitled “‘Our Country Needs a Strong Leader Right Now’: Economic Inequality Enhances the Wish for a Strong Leader” (Sprong et al., 2019), the authors conducted three empirical ...

With the right political reforms, democracies can become more inclusive, more responsive to citizens, and less responsive to the corporations and rich individuals who currently hold the purse strings.

A new study reveals that democracy was not limited to ancient Greece, showing shared governance existed across ancient societies worldwide.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Economists usually gauge a country’s economic health by looking at its gross domestic ...