Social media was supposed to save democracy. So why do hatred and violence feel inseparable from online life?

India calls itself the world’s largest democracy, but politicians like Narendra Modi have fuelled religious-based conflict for decades

Politicians are often older, wealthy, and white. Could randomly selecting average citizens lead to better representation?

Young people face job insecurity, wage stagnation, and debt. But elections only focus on middle-class concerns

This summer Quebec passed a law curtailing religious minorities—and nobody on the election trail wants to talk about it

In the face of rising inequality, we need to elect politicians who will tax the rich

Government after government has spent millions on water-treatment plants. But thousands of households still can’t drink from the tap

The Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace offers a chance to avert ecological, cultural, and political crisis

In Rojava, the Kurdish community strives for stability in the midst of civil war

Political scientist Yascha Mounk studies the signs of rising populism. What can his work tell us about Canada’s future?