Like any big party, the guest list is already sparking controversy. With democracy in recession around the world, President Joe Biden made a campaign pledge to convene a summit of democracies in his ...

WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden opened the first-ever White House Summit for Democracy Thursday by urging participants to reverse an ongoing "recession" of democracy. "American democracy is an ongoing ...

Amid a backdrop of global democratic backsliding and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea, and Zambia cohosted the second Summit for Democracy on March ...

Leaders of more than one hundred countries took part in the U.S.-hosted Summit for Democracy in early December, seeking to spotlight efforts to confront authoritarianism, fight corruption, and promote ...

The State of Democracy Summit, hosted by The Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy on May 24 at the Cornell Club in New York City, brought ...

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At the Office of Civic Life’s Democracy Summit Wednesday, author Barbara McQuade addressed the growing threat of misinformation and its impacts on society. McQuade was the keynote speaker for the ...

Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend the Democracy ...

Longtime defenders of immigrants' rights gathered in Los Angeles for the day-long summit United We Stand: Defending Democracy and Each Other.