Covering politics with a pro|democracy and solutions frame

Covering politics with a pro-democracy and solutions frame

Pro-democracy journalism provides clear warning to the public about candidates, elected officials, or legislation that threatens the continuation of democracy.

Democracy SOS: Home

Democracy SOS is a network that supports journalists in enhancing democratic engagement through innovative news coverage, training, and resources.

Why Democracy Matters and How To Make It Work for the 21st Century

Although democracy is failing to meet the needs of many Americans, it is far preferable to an autocratic system, and it can be modernized with a compelling set ...

Combating Corruption and Promoting Good Governance

Corruption is one of the most pervasive types of crime: it fuels transnational crime, wastes public resources, destabilizes countries, and impedes good ...

OAS :: Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy (SSD)

The mission of the Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy (SSD) is to contribute to the strengthening of political processes in the OAS member states.

Dealing with propaganda, misinformation and fake news

Propaganda, misinformation and fake news have the potential to polarise public opinion, to promote violent extremism and hate speech and, ultimately, to ...

Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the United States

American voters are less ideologically polarized than they think they are, and that misperception is greatest for the most politically engaged people.

How Journalists Wrestle With Covering Threats to Democracy

A new report challenges news outlets to provide richer, more urgent coverage of the rise of authoritarian movements in the United States and ...

Building political integrity to stamp out corruption: Three steps to…

By Roberto Martínez B. Kukutschka, Jorge Valladares and Jon Vrushi. Political integrity means exercising political power consistently in the ...

Rule of Law and Democracy: Addressing the Gap Between Policies ...

Massimo Tommasoli is Permanent Observer for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) to the ...

Dialogues in Democracy | Michigan Publishing

These tensions erupt every four years during the presidential election, but they also shape our daily experiences of democracy outside the voting booth. This ...

Safeguarding Democracy Against Disinformation

The new digital media policy roadmap we layout would steer clear of vague rules that empower governments to define “good” or “bad” content.

The Authoritarian Playbook - Protect Democracy

Today's authoritarian playbook is a process that happens piecemeal and is hard to distinguish from normal political jockeying.

Next Issues | Politics and Governance - Cogitatio Press

Upcoming Issues. Vol 12: The Decline of Economic and Political Freedom After Covid-19: A New Authoritarian Dawn? Vol 13: Ethics, Democracy ...

Democracy in America? Partisanship, Polarization, and the ...

We find the US public's viability as a democratic check to be strikingly limited: only a small fraction of Americans prioritize democratic principles in their ...

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

The Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School is dedicated to supporting healthy democracy by addressing the twin crises of trust and truth.

Democracy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Normative democratic theory deals with the moral foundations of democracy and democratic institutions, as well as the moral duties of democratic ...

The Invisible Hand of Democracy: Political Control and the Provision ...

Building on a theory of the state as a monopoly producer of public services and establishing a common foundation for studying variations in regimes and their ...

How We Know Journalism is Good for Democracy

Reading local newspapers' political coverage helps people understand how important local elections are and affects how much they participate in ...

The Democratic Coup d' ´Etat - Army University Press

This Article examines the typical characteristics and constitutional consequences of a largely neglected phenomenon that I call the “democratic coup d'état.