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The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

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 created the United States of America, they wanted to form a representative democracy to protect the new nation from becoming an autocracy or theocracy. In the beginning, only white ...

If you’re at all like me, it probably feels like we’ve already been through at least three different presidential election years so far this year. And given the pace of events, it’s a good bet that ...

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 ...

Daniel Birdsong is a senior lecturer in the University of Dayton Department of Political Science. Legislative redistricting: Has the experiment failed? Senate President Matt Huffman: The Constitution ...

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, ...

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 ...

A gerrymandering fight reveals how far Trump will go to avoid electoral accountability. The small “d” democratic logic of an argument made by Texas state Rep. Ann Johnson—who, with her Democratic ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) conducts a ceremonial swearing-in of House members on Friday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Column by Philip Bump Exit polling suggests that about a ...