One scholar’s quest for a modern equivalent to the General Will

The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.

Rethinking liberal triumphalism—and its limitations

What would it sound like if someone proposed the Electoral College for the first time today?

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

The president's slurs and his administration's policies are an attack on U.S. democracy itself—all in a desperate bid to cling to power.

How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.

If Democrats vying for the presidency want to enact any of their proposals, countering recent assaults on voting rights has to be a top priority.

Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.

Why the revolutionary left has always been bad news for democracy

The quest for radical equality in the American grain

On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality

If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.

Three cases being heard this term could amplify the imbalance of power and influence in U.S. politics.

There's nothing democratic about forcing through a Brexit deal that voters in 2016 probably wouldn't have approved.

Republicans in multiple states are using lame-duck sessions to disempower the Democrats who won in last month's blue wave.

The president insists that he, not the Constitution, determines who is an American.

Why is the Democratic senator from Rhode Island so hesitant on full representation for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico?

Why so many commentators share an overly grim view of America’s fate

For young Russian dissenters monitoring the election, Putin's landslide victory is as demoralizing as it was predictable.