The Fairness Project says lawmakers across 15 states have filed 148 bills this year designed to make citizen-led ballot initiatives more difficult to pass.

The overhaul would give voters in just one congressional district the power to veto an amendment, no matter how popular a ...

If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team. Unfortunately, global democracy is a field divided. And not primarily by ...

The foundation said it hoped the grants could “be a bridge,” given the “diminishing federal resources and the current ...

The legislation would weaken the petition process, which has allowed voters to overturn an abortion ban, raise the minimum ...

Can a majority vote to end democracy? If it can, democracy would no longer exist. But if it can’t, then not all political ...

What will it take to wake us up to protect and fight for our democratic form of government with all its imperfections and the ...

Direct democracy through state ballot initiatives, initiated by both citizens and legislatures, holds potential for policy change relating to a large array of important social issues, including ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

For 75 years, both parties have supported nurturing foreign governments committed to political freedom and free markets.