A growing number of leaders in Central and Eastern Europe have dropped even the pretense of playing by the rules of democracy. As the democratic consensus of the post–Cold War order has given way to ...

WASHINGTON—The Freedom House Executive Board, co-chaired by Jane Harman and Wendell Willkie II, today announced that, following a nationwide search, it has selected Suzanne Nossel to serve as ...

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Around the world, voters have been forced to make major ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a long-standing traditional practice in many sub-Saharan countries, often carried out when girls are between one month and nine years old. Over the past year, ...

In early November, the world’s leaders, environmental activists, and researchers will gather in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), the United Nations’ ...

Regardless of the elections’ outcome, Freedom House will continue to highlight urgent challenges to American democracy and their underlying causes. With the United States facing closely contested ...

Public leaders and the media have a crucial role to play in protecting and defending America’s elections in the weeks and ...

The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of ...