Democracy

The Constitution and the War Powers Resolution both say that absent an attack on the United States, Congress must approve military action before it takes place. If Congress doesn't …

Nothing less than our collective, twenty-first century understandings of such terms as u201cdemocracy,u201d u201crevolution,u201d and u201cviolence/nonviolenceu201d are being forged on the streets of Egypt today.

Societies that let wealth concentrate at enormously intense levels will quite predictably end up with a wealthy who can concentrate enormous resources on getting their way.

The history of Greek broadcast media relations with the government reflects attempts at authoritarian control.

Representative Chris Taylor: They are ready to start creating an ALEC nation.

The bankers behind the European Union's imposition of neoliberal austerity in Greece have fed the rise of Golden Dawn with its

Can democracy save capitalism, as it did in the 1930s, when it provided popular pressure to force the elite to accept changes otherwise resisted by capital, Cliff DuRand asks.

Just because the legislature has ceased to function doesn't mean our government has. Political decision making has moved to peripheral public entities, where power is exercised less transparently and …

The use of SWAT teams for routine law enforcement matters has been on the rise.

Eugene Robinson: Obama should speak the truth and cut off military aid.