“When Democrats defend democracy, we must take care to defend all the programmatic achievements of democracy: Medicaid, ...

My professional life has been spent as an engineer, elected official, and merchant marine deck officer. Only rarely have ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

COLUMN. By launching a harsh attack on the Federal Reserve, US President Donald Trump tried to exert control over an ...

When politicians act like managers rather than representatives, accountability, transparency and scrutiny suffer.

Vermont’s at-large Congresswoman hosted a panel discussion on the future of democracy Tuesday evening. Convening a panel of five experts in constitutional law, the courts and government relations, ...

President Trump argues that Congress delegated to the presidency the power to impose tariffs without congressional approval.