Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call ...

No Kings” protests, which are organized by a constellation of groups around the country, have been a focal point for outrage ...

Episcopal Church USA leaders call on Christians to emulate the late priest, civil rights activist and legal scholar.

On Veterans' Day, middle schoolers from 39 states convened in Washington to put their civics knowledge to the test and competed to be crowned the next champion of the National Civics Bee. I was ...

MATTHEW BRODERICK: (As Jim McAllister) But one person assured of victory kind of undermines the whole idea of democracy, don’t you think? PARKS: Now a new addition to that list – “Air Bud,” the 1997 ...

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: ...

A federal judge on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the enforcement of several direct democracy-related laws against Arkansas groups collecting signatures to ...

Last week, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, a measure allowing the state legislature to temporarily reclaim some control over congressional redistricting. The goal was ...

The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...

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 ...