When our ruling classes speak of “believing in democracy,” they are speaking of a romantic version of a form of governance ...

Courts in Utah and Michigan recently blocked legislative assaults on the ballot initiative process.

Excitement erupted in downtown Athens as the grand opening of the Athens-Clarke County Democrats Campaign Office began. The ...

On the International Day of Democracy, the controversial Swiss theatre director talks about the “ritual” of public votes and ...

Democracy fails when it relies on an uninformed electorate and media rife with misinformation. Steps must be taken to address ...

An article that argues that parliamentary elections are inherently undemocratic, fostering cynicism and alienation among ...

His latest book is “Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, From Ancient Athens to Our World ... was easy to ...

Colorado natives may not have the perspective to understand that not every state has “direct democracy,” or a process for citizen-initiated statewide ballot measures.

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over ...

In our current system, elections do not foster good policies. Some elite thinkers would blame the electorate rather than the system in which they cast their votes, and thus would try to limit the ...

Bucket-list travel might be a bit of a cliché, but if any country merits this treatment it has to be glorious Greece – land ...

Bearded” Celal, a little-known Turkish philosopher, quipped that Turkey “is a ship heading east. Those aboard think they are ...