Democracy

Marge Baker: “To fix our democracy problem, we have to be able to enact common-sense regulations on political spending.”

The Zapatistas have given our world so much, and in her report from the Lacandon jungle, Laura Gottesdiener gives us the pleasure of being inside their world.

New theorists and activists argue that France's “representative democracy” is neither democratic nor representative, and they argue for a return to the Athenian model.

Contrary to the official story, Greece's economy is not recovering, and the continuation of the Troika's neoliberal austerity medicine assure the country a bleak economic and social future.

The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world.

A few months ago, India's Aam Aadmi Party was a curiosity; now, it's a call for pro-democracy movements elsewhere to step up their game.

Greg Palast: Far more insidious than Chris Christie playing traffic warden is the story of his secret meetings with a gaggle of billionaires - and the legality of campaign …

Rob Lorei speaks with Henry A Giroux, columnist for Truthout.org and author who says the state of US today has turned into an authoritarian one.

The government has since banned public gatherings of 10 or more people.

Henry Giroux: Cultivating the radical imagination, civic education and critical modes of literacy are central to producing an informed citizenry, but even more so to constituting any viable notion …