Any movement that fails to confront the nexus between so called representative democracy and inequity is sure to fail. There have been two broad categories of political resistance during my ...

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 ...

Congressman Mike Flood has recently faced criticism for comments made during town hall meetings in our state. While it is ...

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AI will impact the way our representative governments operate and have the potential to enhance or weaken the bond between citizens and their elected representatives in our democracy. Achieving ...

This, of course, is at the heart of representative democracy: that we elect people to make decisions on our behalf. If most Americans disagree that this is working well, that’s a threat to ...

In such a divided nation, there seems to be a consensus among voters from both parties that American representative democracy isn’t working especially well. In six swing states that Biden ...

House Republicans blocked a resolution that could have forced an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., says it's because the GOP knows it can't defend him.

This stance is a critical attitude towards representative democracy and the way it is implemented in Italy and in other democratic societies around the world. It is a stance in favour of what we ...

This stability, while perhaps offering relief when compared to our chaotic national politics, helps mask a deeply problematic institutional reality: Our state’s representative democracy isn’t ...