What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

In Taiwan, civic hackers and digital democracy activists gather to explore how technology can be used to advance democratic ...

Osita Nwanevu discusses his new book, how our political structure turned up the temperature after Charlie Kirk, and what ...

The governor’s signature will come roughly two weeks after a special legislative session aimed at representative and direct ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Two ballot titles that would strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas have been approved to begin collecting enough signatures to earn a spot on next year’s ballot, but they ...

Here in Illinois, the most urgent threat to democracy is concrete: political maps deliberately and specifically designed to ...

The Missouri Capitol is pictured on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Jefferson City. The Missouri House on Monday gave initial approval on a Republican plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional ...

Malapportionment undermines the principle of "one person, one vote." The U.S. Senate, for example, gives every state two ...

From the halls of Harvard to the news desk at MSNBC and everywhere left in between, accusations of President Donald Trump and Republicans waging a "war on democracy" flow like a raging flood.

The current proposal for convening Your Party's conference is "sortition" - that those who can attend the conference and vote ...