The Israeli government and its democratic partners must address attacks on journalists and media independence across the ...

WASHINGTON—In response to the enactment of Freedom House’s first collective-bargaining agreement, the organization’s interim president, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, issued the following statement: ...

The incoming president faces the difficult task of uniting a polarized country and navigating a world in great need of democratic leadership.

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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, ...

With less than two weeks before the elections on November 5, democracy watchers are understandably on edge about risks surrounding the election process and the peaceful transfer of power in the United ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...