U.S. Democracy Experienced Biggest Drop In 40 Years

A new Freedom House report finds “democracy is in retreat around the world” for the 12th year in a row.

Most striking: “The United States retreated from its traditional role as both a champion and an exemplar of democracy amid an accelerating decline in American political rights and civil liberties… The United States experienced its sharpest one-year drop since we began doing the survey more than 40 years ago.”