The McCourtney Institute for Democracy

This year’s Mood of the Nation poll from Penn State’s McCourtney Institute for Democracy asked Americans across the country about election policies, which…

What does jazz music have to do with democracy? We’ll find that out from this week’s guest, jazz great Wynton Marsalis. He’ll explore power, struggle,…

The Presidential election is about a month away. Mail-in ballots, whether people will trust the election results, and the role of local politics are a few…

We're just a few weeks away from the deadline for the UK to reach an agreement on its plan to leave the European Union. Nearly three years after the…

These days, political polarization is on the rise as support for democracy declines in the U.S. and around the world.Why is it so hard for us to get…

In most cases, Gerrymandering -- the practice of drawing political district boundaries to favor a specific political party -- creates unequal…

There are a lot of books about democracy filling book store and library shelves right now. Norman Eisen could have written one of those books, but chose…

This episode is being released on Veterans Day, a time when people across the United States remember and thank those who have served in the military.…

Political cartoonist Steve Brodner and Chris Beem, managing director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, at Penn State talk with WPSU about the…

Americans of all stripes increasingly say our political system is in a state of crisis. They point to intense partisanship, lack of civility, and the…