The bill sought to give Gov. Kathy Hochul the power to merge election dates, leading minority party lawmakers like New York ...

WASHINGTON: Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary's authority to serve as a check on ...

The early days of a new presidential administration attract a lot of attention from the media and ordinary Americans.

With so much turmoil in Washington and around the country these days, it’s easy to get caught up in the crises of the moment. These are, indeed, worth our attention – but so are ...

Representative democracy is based on a simple premise. It’s that ordinary citizens can make satisfactory judgments on complex public policy and political issues – or at least grasp ...

This is a familiar pattern that scholars of authoritarianism have noted worldwide: Public action moves public opinion. But ...

The political landscape in Nimba County is shifting as Representative Samuel G. Kogar officially joins the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR), the party founded by the late Senator Prince ...

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s early ...

Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative session, as Republican lawmakers continue a recent trend of trying to ...

The whole point of being a representative in Madison for you is that I can help ... "Because that's what participatory democracy requires, that the actual constituents also have a voice. And so my ...

Is the United States a model democracy? Not that long ago, I suspect, most Americans would have answered with a resounding ...

A bill introduced in the U.S. House aims to carve President Donald Trump's face on Mount Rushmore, but faces potential ...