This, of course, is at the heart of representative democracy: that we elect people to make decisions on our behalf. If most Americans disagree that this is working well, that’s a threat to ...

All eligible voters choose them. A legitimate alternative to the word “republic” is “representative democracy.” Somehow, Republicans are afraid of that term. The recent letter that ...

We are in a moment when, at first glance, it seems that democracy must be saved from the people, not by them. We have seen ...

Call me naive, but I’ve never quite gotten why some politicians want to limit voters’ ability to cast their ballots. Sure, I know that plenty of people like to flip the classic ...

Now’s the time to make the House more representative. We’ve got ideas.

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...