After a crushing 2024 election loss, they say the party desperately needs a rebranding — and young leaders should steer it.

Independent TD Catherine Connolly will launch her presidential campaign next week, with the Social Democrats confirming they will back her nomination.

Democrats are experiencing a devilish glee as MAGA World clashes over the Trump administration’s push to defuse conspiracy theories surrounding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In cable

Democratic Party officials are looking at the Big Beautiful Bill as a political gift and hoping voters view cuts to social spending negatively. But the party faces challenges ahead of the midterms, including a Republican trifecta and a base questioning if party leadership is doing enough to challenge President Trump.

There are lessons for Democrats from Zohran Mamdani's strategy of tapping into the frustrations of working-class families and disaffected young people, former political strategist and longtime Chicagoan David Axelrod says.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani is facing backlash for a June 2020 photo he posted online flipping off a statue of Christopher Columbus and calling for its removal.

Optimizing designs for user engagement undermines mental health and society. Social media sites favor hype and scandal over factual accuracy, and public manipulation over designing for safety, privacy and user agency. The resulting prevalence of polarizing false and deceptive information is corrosive to democracy.

Sorin Grindeanu, the interim leader of the Social Democratic Party PSD, the largest member of the ruling coalition by the number of lawmakers, expressed discontent with the government not taking into consideration his party's fiscal policy proposals,

The League of Social Democrats, Hong Kong's last pro-democracy party, has disbanded due to intense political pressure, marking another blow to the city's diminishing opposition. Established in 2006, the party was known for its activist tactics and advocacy for the underprivileged.

Polarisation is problematic as it is linked to “democratic backsliding” – the use of underhand tactics in political processes. Worst of all, it poses a threat to democracy. Many think that polarisation is fuelled by echo chambers created on social media platforms. These only expose people to beliefs similar to their own.