The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

The organization “The General Strike” aspires to mobilize approximately 11 million people committed to coordinating a massive work stoppage. The magic number of 11 million equals 3.5 percent of the US ...

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 ...

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey of 24 democratic ...

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: ...

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 ...