Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From an oligarchy to a democracy to a constitutional monarchy, there are many ways government can operate. The government is a ...

Texas A&M University Professor Dr. Kirby Goidel reflects on the "march of democracy" as America's 247th birthday nears. A professor of political science in the Bush School of Government and Public ...

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The hollowing-out of a word – and the agenda it now carries.

Winston Churchill famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government—except for all those other forms that have been tried." However, that presumes people agree on what the term actually means.

Often when politicians take actions to undermine democracy, they loudly proclaim that their actions are necessary to “save democracy.” It reminds me of the Vietnam-era line about destroying a village ...

Friends, I am committed to updating you here every other week with my reflections on philanthropy, civil society, and democracy in America. Alas, a sprawling and recalcitrant draft has conspired ...

This weekend we’re having a 25 th reunion and reflection on the youth civic empowerment initiative Public Achievement, in Dayton, Ohio. It reminds me how much I’ve always thought “culture” first, not ...

Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule by the people." ...

City Charters are Deliberative Democracy’s Friends. Allen Lab Fellow Tyler Fisher examines the untapped potential of city cha ...