Outside of deep-blue California, states where voters have used direct democracy to enshrine fair districts are doing just that. In Utah, citizen-created redistricting rules are constraining the ...

Under our system, the authority to govern comes directly from the people. The United States Constitution famously begins with the words, “We the People . . . ordain and establish this Constitution.” ...

You can be sure that whatever comes next from the people trying to convince you our nation is not a democracy, it won't be ...

The organization “The General Strike” aspires to mobilize approximately 11 million people committed to coordinating a massive work stoppage. The magic number of 11 million equals 3.5 percent of the US ...

The organization “The General Strike” aspires to mobilize approximately 11 million people committed to coordinating a massive work stoppage. The magic number of 11 million equals 3.5 percent of the US ...

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey of 24 democratic ...

It was probably just bad timing. The online research I was doing for a literary project was way outside my comfort and time zones. It concerned a lynching in Georgia in 1915. Not my usual focus, and ...

First of all, direct democracy, the democratic regime I’m thinking about, is not paradise on earth. It’s not the perfect regime, and I don’t know what perfect regime means. Cornelius Castoriadis [1] ...

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Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

CNN recruited "democracy" expert Anne Applebaum, who noted that, "America is a democracy. It was founded as a democracy." W.Scott McGill - stock.adobe.com For as long as I can remember, the left has ...