Democrats and Republicans agree gerrymandering threatens representative democracy. Nevertheless, both parties have done it ...

Malapportionment undermines the principle of "one person, one vote." The U.S. Senate, for example, gives every state two ...

Some Florida politicians have called for redrawing congressional maps outside of the regular 10-year cycle, a process known ...

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 ...

A handful of states led by Democrats could have attempted mid-decade redistricting to counter President Trump's push in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Osita Nwanevu discusses his new book, how our political structure turned up the temperature after Charlie Kirk, and what ...

When asked on CNN in early September whether he would still push his radical-left agenda if elected mayor with only about one-third of the vote—since the race is expected to split among him, ...

In the aftermath of the US 2024 election, I’ve been seeing some back and forth on whether or not democracy just doesn’t work past a certain size. I am of the belief that democracy doesn’t have a ...