What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

Switzerland’s recent referendum illustrates this dynamic clearly. A proposal to create a federal inheritance tax on very ...

Every other Tuesday, Civics 101 hosts, Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, join NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. But there's ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Susan Stokes, University of Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) In August 2022, a statewide ...

Greetings from San Francisco and the 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. We are from all corners of the world and from all walks of life. Among us are scholars, journalists, activists, ...

Arkansans who are fighting to keep the direct democracy process in place in the state are collecting signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the November 2026 ballot. "Direct democracy" means ...

It only took 20 pages for the Supreme Court of Arkansas to set back both reproductive autonomy and direct democracy in a state on the cusp of delivering a powerful signal on abortion access. Four of ...

WHAT: Town Meeting is a New England tradition that dates back more than 250 years. It offers people a chance to get directly involved in local democracy. One day each year, townsfolk gather to hash ...

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks on Wednesday (Nov. 19) issued a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of several new ...