Pack the union: A proposal to admit new states for the purpose of amending the constitution to ensure equal representation politics Article 6169 words, published Jan 10 2020 11 votes
‘We fear Hong Kong will become just another Chinese city’: An interview with Martin Lee, grandfather of democracy politics Article 1296 words 8 votes
How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s democracy politics Article 4040 words, published Aug 29 2019 6 votes
Should the voting age be lowered to sixteen? politics Article 1326 words, published Jul 29 2019 19 votes
Should political parties really let anyone run for president? politics Article 1106 words, published Jul 25 2019 10 votes
Give political power to ordinary people: To fight elite capture of the state, it’s time to consider sortition, or the assignment of political power through lotteries politics Article 2143 words 14 votes
Democracy's Dilemma: Democracies rely on free exchange of ideas and information, but that can also be weaponized. How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—this? politics Article 4619 words, published May 15 2019 11 votes
Why we need to reinvent democracy for the long term politics Article 1893 words, published Mar 5 2019 13 votes
The claim that democracy fares better in the West than in Africa is a fallacy politics Article 1022 words, published Jan 25 2019 7 votes
The noisy dispute over the meaning of populism is more than just an academic squabble – it’s a crucial argument about what we expect from democracy politics Article 12 votes
What America can learn from the fall of the Roman republic (Interview with historian Edward Watts about his book "Mortal Republic") politics Article 1850 words, published Jan 1 2019 10 votes
'A cancer on democracy': The battle to end gerrymandering in America politics Article 1390 words 6 votes
Seattle’s radical plan to fight big money in politics: swamp it with little money politics Article 3251 words 8 votes
The news is bad in Hungary: "Viktor Orban didn’t like what the press was reporting, so he took it over." politics Article 1062 words 11 votes
The Maldives has another shot at democracy – but it needs help. At last, the violent rule of Abdulla Yameen is over. But the nation has a long way to go if it is to restore trust in its institutions. politics Article 728 words 7 votes
How Cambodia’s prime minister rigged an election politics Article 1067 words, published Aug 14 2018 3 votes
Zimbabwe’s historic elections: A case of leopards not changing their spots politics Article 1051 words 7 votes
Democrat. Dictator. Which path will Thailand's Prayuth Chan-ocha choose? politics Article published Jun 21 2018 6 votes
This town in Mexico threw out their government. Things couldn't be going better Article 304 words 12 votes
Venezuelans who hope for government change face dilemma — to vote or not to vote? politics Article 1343 words 4 votes