In dozens of states, an increasing number of legislative seats are going completely uncontested by one of the two major ...

Serbia has all the trappings of a democracy. It does not lock up journalists for what they write. Yet in dozens of ways it ...

Tue, January 20, 2026 Published on Jan. 19, 2026 Published on 2026-01-19T14:30:10+07:00 hese days, democracy doesn’t die in one fell swoop. Democracies no longer collapse due to a sudden revolution or ...

In a recent editorial, John Hall suggests that religion is an obstacle to American democracy — a relic of “magical thinking” that breeds conflict, division, and impedes progress, driven by modern ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

SAN DIEGO — Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) thinks Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) ambitious plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections is a lesson in political greed.

When it comes to civic engagement turning into tangible action, look no further than the people of Freeman, their response to the odor being produced by the rendering plant southeast of town, and what ...

Younger generations are justifiably critical of a government that has saddled them with this debt burden, and many of them have lost faith in the capitalist system. A recent survey by the CATO ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...