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 ...

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: ...

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Our state’s constitution does something that makes some politicians very uncomfortable: It reserves for the people of Arkansas a set of legislative powers. (Did you know that you, an Arkansas citizen, ...

Two direct democracy campaigns are set to join the League of Women Voters of Arkansas' lawsuit challenging whether a slate of recently passed laws regulating petitioning hold up to constitutional ...

Attorney General Tim Griffin: While generally not a fan of direct democracy, on Wednesday he ran out of reasons to reject a proposed amendment from the League of Women Voters. Credit: Brian Chilson ...

A proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul direct democracy in Arkansas has had its ballot language rejected for the second time. Protect AR Rights, the sponsor of a proposed constitutional ...

The Missouri House on Monday gave initial approval on a Republican plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts, marking the first major vote on a map that would dilute the voting power of ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...