The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled partisan gerrymanders do not violate the state constitution. In a lengthy ...

Elon Musk has rejected calls for national unity and has instead embraced increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in the days since ...

When the Founders proposed government by the consent of the governed, they did not mean the adoption of policies most citizens abhor.

Playing with representative democracy is a delicate game, one that can evoke strong emotions and foster resentments. Democrats have lost two elections in 2000 and 2016 where they won the popular vote ...

Until Congress acts, California and others are justified in countering partisan redistricting by Texas and others, writes ...

The more citizens use their power to advance their interests via ballot iniatives, the more some lawmakers attack the process.

Extreme gerrymandering corrupts our democracy by denying most registered voters a role in elections and eliminating ...

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 can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ruling out of the hands of ordinary citizens and puts it in the hands of ...

Map of the United States. The northwestern corner displays an American flag. The lower half of the map displays the U.S. Constitution showing the words, "We the People." John P. Pelissero is director ...