Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

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 ...

It was probably just bad timing. The online research I was doing for a literary project was way outside my comfort and time zones. It concerned a lynching in Georgia in 1915. Not my usual focus, and ...

MIT Media Lab's Cesar Hidalgo imagines a system of direct democracy fueled by personalized digital agents that vote on issues for us. This Candidate For Congress Will Let His Constituents Decide How ...

Voters cast their ballots at the Ludwick Community Center in San Luis Obispo on June 5, 2018. California registered voters can find their local polling places for the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election via a ...

Recent polls show Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with their system of representative democracy, in which they choose candidates to represent their interests once in office. When available, ...

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Nepal is again experiencing political upheaval, this time through the Gen-Z movement. Led largely by young people, it has rattled governance structures and forced the country to ...

South Dakota blazes new ballot trail It’s hard to assess the future of direct democracy in South Dakota without understanding ...