In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on ...

Ahead of the November presidential election, just 19% of Americans say democracy in the United States is a good example for other countries to follow, according to a Pew Research Center survey ...

The proposal at the center of the legal battle would make it virtually impossible for most citizen-led ballot measures to ...

The publics surveyed are largely skeptical that democracy in the U.S., at least in its current form, is a good example for other countries to follow. A median of four-in-ten across the 34 nations ...

In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on ...

CEO of Sapio Analytics, an artitificially intelligent government advisory firm, and co-founder of 1Voice, a US-based citizen voice platform. Representative democracy is a form of government where the ...

Since 1911, Californians have possessed powerful tools to control indolent or corrupt politicians. The rights of direct democracy — initiative, referendum and recall — are enshrined in the California ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Susan Stokes, University of Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) In August 2022, a statewide ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Nepal is again experiencing political upheaval, this time through the Gen-Z movement. Led largely by young people, it has rattled governance structures and forced the country to ...

The organization “The General Strike” aspires to mobilize approximately 11 million people committed to coordinating a massive work stoppage. The magic number of 11 million equals 3.5 percent of the US ...