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Former president says ‘I’m still optimistic – I’m still the ‘hope’ guy,’ even as he warns US is slipping towards autocracy

Colleagues speak of Hortman’s legislative accomplishments, a ‘steely negotiator’ who went into politics ‘to do something, not to be something’

Following the "No Kings" protests on Saturday, as well as days of unrest in Los Angeles over ICE raids, California Gov. Gavin Newsom took to Fox News to criticize Donald Trump

Get rid of states? Legal scholar Stephen Legomsky, who taught for 34 years at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, has just published a book, “Reimagining the American Union,” that proposes a radical idea: Abolish state government. The Conversation’s politics and democracy editor, Naomi Schalit – a…

Protecting democracy requires many soldiers in "the army of love”

The timing and targets of Israel’s attacks on Iran tell us that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s short-term goal is to damage Iran’s nuclear facilities in order to severely diminish its weapons program.

Stanford prof James Fishkin says he can end political deadlock, and build true democracy for the internet age

The celebrated documentarian’s five-part series charts the decline of Britain’s democracy with a witty, kaleidoscopic selection of archive footage. It begins, of course, with Margaret Thatcher

Next May’s Senedd election won’t just be another trip to the polls. It will mark a major change in how Welsh democracy works

Two former police officers have filed a lawsuit over Republicans refusing to install a Jan. 6 memorial plaque

Next May’s Senedd (Welsh parliament) election won’t just be another trip to the polls. It will mark a major change in how Welsh democracy works. The number of elected members is increasing from 60 to 96, and the voting system is being overhauled. These changes have now passed into law.