Democracy

Iran's no democratic paradise, but Washington's Saudi allies are even worse.

People, not party insiders or billionaire plutocrats, should pick our presidents.

Human rights groups have denounced Ethiopia's democracy as a “sham.”

After last month's decision to repeal Denton's ban on fracking, activists are looking to build a coalition of cities across the state of Texas to challenge HB 40.

Greece has shown the world that there is an alternative to austerity: wresting power from the hands of elites and reasserting democratic control.

Legitimate civil society activities are under threat in a number of countries across the globe.

Democracy versus corporate rule is a far larger political division than big government versus small.

The transformation of our democracy into a “corpocracy” is illustrated in the rush to expand the Algonquin pipeline.

Time's running out, and Obama, McConnell, Boehner and the lobbyists are working overtime to get the locomotive back on the fast-track.

Peter Linebaugh draws connections between the Magna Carta and the Black Lives Matter movement.