Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive ...

Map of the United States. The northwestern corner displays an American flag. The lower half of the map displays the U.S. Constitution showing the words, "We the People." John P. Pelissero is director ...

The solution to an unresponsive democracy is not replacing it with autocracy, but instead building a stronger system answerable to the people. Instead of helping to solve these pressing issues, ...

May 3 (UPI) --Americans, it seems, can both value the idea of democracy and not support it in practice. Since 2016, academics and journalists have expressed concerns that formerly secure democracies ...

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 ...

We asked five experts to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of democratic governance, taking as their prompt Winston ...

A serious country is defined by the foundational questions it raises and seeks to answer from time to time. Succinctly put, is Nigeria truly ready for democracy as if people matter? In my opinion, ...

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