A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Eupen, Belgium About two dozen ...
The Federalist Papers, argues our guest, University of Maryland law professor Maxwell Stearns, belongs in the fiction section of the library. And after watching the Trump years dismantle everything we ...
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Is democracy the worst form of government – apart from all the others? We asked 5 experts
Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...
Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...
A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the ...
On International Women's Day, Celina Stewart, argues that women's voting rights are at risk.
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 ...
Public concern about rising costs is fueling hopes for a blue wave in the November midterm elections, as well as Democratic wins in Wisconsin that could deliver trifecta control of the Legislature, ...
Alongside a deluge of new policies, this year has seen unprecedented political discourse about the nature of government: how much we should have, how efficient it can be, and whether bureaucracy will ...
Shea Charles, East Grand Rapids city manager, speaks during a panel discussion at the Ford School of Public Policy Tuesday afternoon. Randall Xiao/DAILY. Buy this photo. The Ford School of Public ...
In response to Ted Gaines' piece, "Proposition 50: It’s a naked power grab" published Oct. 23, I contend his analysis is flawed because it fails to consider the national implications that follow from ...
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