Progressive issues are winning at the ballot level in states controlled by conservatives. And it’s been happening steadily since 2016. In response, conservative legislators have significantly ...

Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively initiated ...

Californians have had constitutional powers of direct democracy since 1911, a signature accomplishment of the progressive movement and Gov. Hiram Johnson. Today, with Gov. Gavin Newsom slipping “save ...

Serbia's student protest movement has no leaders, and its decision-making process is slow and laborious, but activists swear by its founding principle: direct democracy via meetings on campus. When a ...