Courts in Utah and Michigan recently blocked legislative assaults on the ballot initiative process.

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over ...

Measure 2 would make significant changes to North Dakota's initiated measure process. Columnist Ellie Shockley and Sen. Janne ...

When our ruling classes speak of “believing in democracy,” they are speaking of a romantic version of a form of governance ...

Instead of competing with one another, advocates of different democratic processes should build bridges, and share a common ...

If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must be members of the same team. Unfortunately, global ...

Democracy in America: what is it? Whatever it is, we know that it is under siege. Barely a moment goes by these days without ...

Swiss federal prosecutors say they have ordered house searches and interrogations as part of an investigation into possible ...

Powell River’s Greg Reid is running as an Independent candidate – he was added to the BC Elections candidates list last week. Someone close to politics his whole life, the exhibiting contemporary ...

T he corruption of democracy begins with the corruption of thought—and with the deliberate undermining of reality. Stephen ...

You don’t get to perfection without participation. Democracy is a verb, not a noun. So, when the time comes, get out there ...