A Spelunker Thought She Found Trash in a Cave. It Was Actually Evidence of a Lost Civilization.

You walk in and notice the water under your toes, dust skittering across the floor, and a splash from the pet corner.

Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. Only 42% of democracies affected by autocratization – a transformation in governance that erodes democratic safeguards – ...