President Donald Trump has challenged our system of checks and balances. He shows little appreciation for Congress and the ...

The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

All four proposals to radically reshape Essex democracy have been put out for consultation by the government. The 15 councils in the county will be replaced with either five, four or three all-purpose ...

I have noted an uptick in various persons reminding me (and you) that the United States is not a democracy. I've heard it from political panels on TV, during interviews with politicians, and most ...

But the Founding Fathers, who favored a republic designed to temper the passions of large assemblies, would not have recognized themselves in the sea of subversives and malcontents at No Kings rallies ...

Town halls allow voters to directly question their representatives and hold them accountable. Many members of Congress avoid town halls due to the risk of facing angry crowds in viral moments. Indiana ...

Jordan Klepper, best known for his political satire, argues that democracy’s biggest threat isn’t corruption — it’s exhaustion. In this TED Talk, he uses humor to expose how misinformation, apathy, ...

Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe,” even in countries once believed ...