A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit demanding California's voter rolls, calling the request ...

"The Venezuela operation makes me very nervous. I'm worried about the competence of a lot of the officials involved" ...

After a year of new leadership, court fights, dramatic change to the federal government, and deep political division, where ...

A fragile democracy, the Weimar Republic, briefly took hold in Germany before the Nazis seized power. Now, Weimar’s collapse ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

Prolife Alberta positions itself as a defender of free speech in the province, particularly in its opposition to “bubble ...

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Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

Service delivery failures further expose the weaknesses in our democracy. Local government, established in Chapter 7 of the ...

The Virginia General Assembly has launched a new permanent interactive exhibit, “PEOPLE. BUILDING. DEMOCRACY,” which is ...

Venezuela’s road to democracy does not start or end with Trump’s extraction of Maduro, writes journalist Helena Carpio.

Elections matter, but history shows they are not enough. Real democracy is built through organized civic power between ...