In this episode of Democracy Optimist, Josh Douglas' guest is Jennifer Morrell, a former election official and now CEO and Co-Founder of The Elections Group, an organization that helps to support ...

He has added to his team Elon Musk who plans to reduce both the size of the US bureaucracy and the annual budget. Bobby ...

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Most people think of democracy as meaning that when a majority of citizens wants something, the government does it. By that definition, however, democracy is impossible. It’s not just that ...

But I also dressed the part. I wore my tricorne hat (my kids wouldn’t walk within 50 feet of me). Every day, I put on my buckled shoes and my 18th century-style wool stockings. "Noticing the ...

He accuses Harris and “radical leftists” of posing the real threat to U.S. democracy. With trademark disregard for honesty, civility and intellectual coherence, Trump piles on the insults ...

Call me a dreamer, but I’m not too worried about the future of our democracy regardless of whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the presidential election Tuesday. I have no doubt there ...

Jean Carroll, Jessica Leeds and others ... doesn’t believe in the peaceful transfer of power and doesn’t believe in democracy, and he has called for suspending the Constitution.

More than half fear it will spell the end of our democracy. While there may not be a cure for our national angst, there is still one thing that works — fair play. That means accepting defeat ...

This year’s theme for the International Day of Democracy is focused on the importance of Artificial Intelligence as a tool for good governance. In his message for the observance, Secretary ...

The word “democracy” isn’t anywhere on the statewide ballot. But you will find nonsense pretending to be democracy. Before each statewide election, I read every word of the ballot ...