Democracy

Reem Khalifa: Reforms promised after UN report are ignored by government.

The Egyptian army has deployed tanks outside the presidential palace in Cairo after six people died in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi.

A federal right to vote will effectively neuter politically-motivated state lawmakers and election officials who care less about a robust democracy and more about rigging elections.

An autocratic democracy in Egypt?

Michigan voters have a chance to repeal

Welcome to the most expensive election campaign on earth - and why it has nothing to do with democracy.

The issue is no longer how to work within the current electoral system, but how to dismantle it and construct a new political landscape.

Plain and simple, the mechanisms by which we the people can control our democracy are being destroyed one-by-one.

A historic parable shines a bright light on today's troubling social and political realities.

The testimony of outside observers runs counter to media reports that have called the election undemocratic, “free but not fair” and said the vote exposes Chavez's "clown-prince system …