2019-09-02T10:02:50-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/fce/20190902103704001_hd.jpgFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates, former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor ...

David Debold is Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, D.C. Americans who believe democracy works best when public officials understand and serve the needs of their constituents can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last few years, the health of American democracy has come under great scrutiny. Polling routinely shows that Americans are concerned that democratic institutions aren’t working as well as ...

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 ...

Thanks to the Tea Party movement, we are hearing references to the framers, founding fathers, and Sons of Liberty more than I can remember in my lifetime. Unfortunately, this uptick of early republic ...

Our textbooks, our media, and our political speeches take it for granted: we live in a representative democracy where the will of the people is paramount — our votes count. But that isn't actually ...

If you’re at all like me, it probably feels like we’ve already been through at least three different presidential election years so far this year. And given the pace of events, it’s a good bet that ...

John Keane receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Simon Tormey and John Keane are Associates of the Sydney Democracy Network (SDN) Whatever is happening in the field of party politics ...