In April 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the formation of the Citizens Convention for Climate. This 150-member panel, composed of randomly selected citizens, was charged with creating ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

Democracy was introduced in most Asian nations at the end of Western colonialism as the best available form of decision-making and state governance. But as would happen to any other imported Western ...

After massive demonstrations, the Georgian Dream government has stepped back, promising on March 9 to withdraw its controversial “foreign agents” law, which had passed its first hearing in parliament ...

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders are asking the right question in their new book Rewiring Democracy: not whether AI will ...

AI may not need to launch a sci-fi-style ‘rebellion against humanity’ – but the gradual assimilation of humans and AI poses dangers all of its own. We are on the brink of a new era in artificial ...

Federal immigration enforcement aimed at cities that are home to large immigrant populations rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of how city-led immigrant inclusion policies are making America ...

The 2026 MAYDAY! Peace Conference is being held on Wednesday, February 25, 3:30-5 p.m. (Alumni Hall). This year’s conference, “250 Years of Democracy? Revisiting the Declaration of Independence, ...

In a column composed on Monday, The New York Times editorial board lionized the political bravery of Sen. Lisa Murkowksi, R-Alaska, and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., for their efforts to take a "principled ...

Turkey’s tough-talking Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arguably the most popular political leader in the Middle East today, has stepped into the fray to back the protesters in Egypt and urge ...

The 2021 redistricting process has resulted in a midterm free-for-all in one New York congressional district, where one candidate could win with less than 10% of the vote. Even after former Mayor Bill ...