Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative session, as Republican lawmakers continue a recent trend of trying to ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

The legislative session that begins Monday should not be held, and lawmakers should reject all of Ron DeSantis’ demands. But ...

By working to improve democratic education and to put a system in place that listens to and engages with young people, ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has outlined his vision for governance on Mars, proposing direct democracy as the foundation for its future colonists. What Happened: In response to a discussion on ...

Leading experts in medicine and business are pinning their hopes on digital twins. Two economists have a bold proposal that ...

In contrast, direct democracy effaces boundaries and separations while subjecting everything to the public political imperative. This imperative repels the exploration of possibilities in ...

This content was published on Dec 28, 2024 Disinformation, election manipulation and online hate are unlikely to disappear – but some signs of hope for democracy can still be found. Read more ...

There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws ...

Legislators have been more successful curtailing the process with statutory changes in Pierre. From 2018 to 2024, South ...