What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

At the national level, petitioning Congress peaked in the 19th century but has declined since then. In the 19th century disenfranchised citizens, including women before suffrage, free blacks, and ...

Direct democracy raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana and overturned an abortion ban. An August ballot measure could weaken it.

Our state’s constitution does something that makes some politicians very uncomfortable: It reserves for the people of Arkansas a set of legislative powers. (Did you know that you, an Arkansas citizen, ...

Bill Kopsky, direct democracy fan. After much confusion-mongering and misdirection from Republican officials and other political powers that be, it’s understandable that Arkansans are scratching their ...