With citizen initiated ballot measures getting harder and harder to do, we are losing the only tools we have to directly ...

If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team. Unfortunately, global democracy is a field divided. And not primarily by ...

The bottom line is we don’t have enough lawyers to do the work in Vermont,” said Defender General Matt Valerio.

You can be sure that whatever comes next from the people trying to convince you our nation is not a democracy, it won't be ...

Politics / Books & the Arts / A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a ...

Panelists at SNF Agora Institute's fifth-annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival say tapping into our shared ...

Mar. 25—While unspoken were the names of either political party, the deepening American political polarization became the focus of a Spokane business organization's annual meeting on Tuesday. Greater ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

Local lawmakers have released statements in response to Donald Trump becoming the first former U.S. President convicted on criminal charges. A jury of 12 New Yorkers found Trump guilty of falsifying ...

When you’re stuck in the wilderness, Bear Grylls wouldn’t suggest you prioritize searching for Wi-Fi. Instead, survival experts would likely tell you to focus on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In other ...