The Fairness Project says lawmakers across 15 states have filed 148 bills this year designed to make citizen-led ballot initiatives more difficult to pass.

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

By BILL FIANDER Insight Kansas. Poor Elbridge Gerry. He wasn’t even a fan of this. Toeing his party’s line, he approved a ...

Gerrymandering is a symptom of the failure of representative democracy. Political minorities are surrounded by others who ...

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 ...

The Donald Trump-inspired “gerrymandering wars” spreading across the country portend chaos for the most fundamental pillar of ...

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 ...

Denver businessman Kent Thiry says he’s not abandoning the ideal of independent redistricting, but he doesn’t blame blue ...

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 ...