In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

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: ...

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

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 ...

A recent Chronicle editorial about redistricting referred to the United States as a Representative Democracy. The keyboard warriors got feisty in arguing the language. Is the U.S. a Constitutional ...

Democracy is deteriorating in much of the world and changes in the United States under President Donald Trump threaten to accelerate the decline, according to a pro-democracy institute that has the ...

STOCKHOLM, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Executive overreach and foreign aid funding cuts during U.S. President Donald Trump's first six months in office have hurt international democratization efforts and ...

For 237 years, America’s Constitution has guided our country and defined us as a Nation of laws. When our democracy is tested, we draw strength from the Constitution as the bedrock, making our country ...

At the start of President Trump’s first administration, Skye Perryman joined a small legal organization, without even a website, bent on holding power to account. Now, she runs the group — Democracy ...

The massive crowd first gathered on the front steps of the Missouri Capitol. One by one, they entered the domed building where state laws are made, holding signs and hurling chants. They traveled from ...

What’s the best way to pass on what you learned from more than a half century of left-wing doing, reading, writing, talking and thinking? Write a book. This was especially obvious to a retired ...