Not long ago I wrote about the dangers of an oligarchy, which is a government run by and for the wealthy. The dangers are found in various forms of corruption. Corruption is the great temptation of ...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been embroiled in a massive corruption scandal that threatens to undo his grip on power and tarnish the anti-corruption image he ran on. The National ...

President Trump’s pardon of Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced shows how colonial power corrupts justice in Puerto Rico.

While the outcome of Kosovo’s election hangs in the balance, our selection of Premium stories on Balkan Insight looks at how power is abused in Serbia, organised crime in Albania and the life of ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. This week, Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy spoke with ...