Today, Human Rights First released our annual Democracy Watch Report. The report’s findings are drawn from our legislative ...

Let us not delude ourselves. Human rights and democracy which have been intertwined in the U.S. since its independence in 1776 — or for sure since the federal government was started in 1789 — are ...

Our country is facing a grave threat as those in power leverage bias and disinformation to push rights-restricting ...

On Feb. 18, a panel discussion was held in the Konover Auditorium titled “U.S. Democracy & Human Rights at a Crossroads.” Kathryn Libal, director of the Gladstein Human Rights Institute, was the first ...

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the signing ceremony for the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in the Oval ...

Each new administration brings substantial changes to both the domestic and the foreign policy of the United States. In the foreign policy sphere, prioritization of the promotion of democracy and ...

If I’m completely honest, I can’t recall all the twists and turns of “1984.” I probably read it in high school or maybe as an undergrad, somewhere alongside “Animal Farm.” They’re the kind of books ...

After the Cold War, many thinkers argued that liberal democracy represented the “end of history”—the final and most stable ...

Democracy is the bedrock of a free and fair society. The Council of Europe, with its 46 member states, is dedicated to protecting and promoting democratic values across Europe ...

American children are taught that democracy is the best form of government. I remember teachers saying that popularly elected governments are the “natural” endpoint of all societies. But is this true?

For many citizens, democracy feels distant. We vote every few years, but it is hard to see how that democratic act improves our daily lives. Around us, we see service delivery failures, corruption ...

If I’m completely honest, I can’t recall all the twists and turns of 1984. I probably read it in high school or maybe as an undergrad, somewhere alongside Animal Farm. They’re the kind of books ...