In late September, a dozen new students from Venezuela, some of the more than 15,000 asylum seekers bused to New York City by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, appeared at my child’s elementary school. At ...

The first problem is conceptual and fatal: Representative democracy is simply not democratic. One person cannot perfectly represent another’s freedom, desires, needs, or individuality. Consider an ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) conducts a ceremonial swearing-in of House members on Friday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Column by Philip Bump Exit polling suggests that about a ...

Most people would accept without scrutiny that secrecy poses a threat to modern democracies. In fact, the masthead of the Washington Post declares that “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” However, for ...

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 ...

A gerrymandering fight reveals how far Trump will go to avoid electoral accountability. Members of the Texas Department of Public Safety inside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, ...

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 ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

In new book, Lawrence Lessig says voter suppression, gerrymandering, big-money politics, and the Electoral College undermine democracy Lawrence Lessig has long crusaded against the influence of money ...