Direct democracy raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana and overturned an abortion ban. An August ballot measure could weaken it.

In the United States, internal divisions, political dissatisfaction, and institutional dysfunction have become so severe over the past year that the country is backsliding “much faster” than “any ...

Ask most Minnesotans when they last had a say in their government and you’ll get the same answer: Once every couple of years ...

Elections keep handing power to elites. Anand Gopal and Ben Burgis debate whether choosing officials by lottery, as ancient Athens did, would be an improvement on representative democracy.

Bost once defended radical speech. Now his request for VA scrutiny of the VFW raises retaliation and First Amendment concerns ...

The University of California at Berkeley, the flagship UC campus, is “joining forces with Nancy Pelosi, the first female ...

Experts on U.S. history look to the past — and the future.

Why do voters embrace strong leaders? This analysis explores democratic decline, political disengagement, mass politics, and authoritarian appeal.

Native Vote 2026 Most people who read my newsletter think of Peggy Flanagan’s campaign for the Senate in historic terms. She ...

Jim Elliott writes, The purpose of political parties is to gain power, but they seem to see that power as an end in itself.

This spring, a group of 29 randomly selected county residents met to study and debate the thorny ethical issues at the heart ...