Rural areas often show higher voter turnout rates per capita and tend to have more civic participation and community ties, which can motivate voting. Also, smaller populations may make each vote feel ...

How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be. Most ...

BREVARD - Some 200 people gathered outside the Transylvania County Courthouse April 19, organizers estimated, who came to protest recent actions by President Trump's administration that they say ...

A new study published in Political Behavior reveals that personal hardships—such as job loss, eviction, or financial distress ...

the regional project “Promoting Deliberative Democracy and Innovative Citizen Participation in South-East Europe” was launched in 2024. This initiatives aligns with the Reykjavik Principles for ...

Perebyinis presented the Chinese ambassador with evidence of Chinese citizens' participation in hostilities against Ukraine on Russia's side and the involvement of Chinese companies in the production ...

That’s democracy. That’s majority rule. Now we see that politicians in Jefferson City are working on ways to change the rules to silence the voice of the citizens with the intent ... parks and ...

Asserting that democracy thrives only when citizens are alert and participative, he concluded, “The soul of democracy resides in every citizen. Its values will flourish when each one contributes and ...

In 2014 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Citizens United was the Supreme Court’s worst ruling, saying “I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from ...

Marjan Ehsassi is the executive director of the Federation for Innovation in Democracy - North America, an international organization working to increase citizen participation in policy making.

One of the attorneys was connected to a conservative political group. Lawmakers want to gut the Texas Citizens Participation Act, which prevents the rich and... Historian Bruce Winders says he's ...