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 ...

Let me be blunt: That’s just plain wrong. Those few members of Congress who did hold town meetings deserve our thanks as ...

There has been much talk about democracy lately. When we think about democracy’s origins, we automatically point to our 18th-century founding fathers. Yet more than a century before, Adriaen van ...

We’re now in the third week of a reckless government shutdown, and the only thing either side can see eye to eye on is that it’s the other guy’s fault.

Map of the United States. The northwestern corner displays an American flag. The lower half of the map displays the U.S. Constitution showing the words, "We the People." John P. Pelissero is director ...

Town halls, so strenuously avoided during the most recent congressional recess, are a vital forum for citizens looking to ...

In recent years, Republicans at all levels have emphasized that our form of government is a republic, not a democracy. This is done, not really to educate, but as an advertising ploy: to keep some ...

Democrats and Republicans agree gerrymandering threatens representative democracy. Nevertheless, both parties have done it and are now in the midst of a “gerrymander war.” It is the political ...