It was probably just bad timing. The online research I was doing for a literary project was way outside my comfort and time zones. It concerned a lynching in Georgia in 1915. Not my usual focus, and ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the ...

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. and not just because Ohio voters are circumventing their Republican-controlled legislature to ...

In a victory for direct democracy advocates, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has re-affirmed the expansive scope of a citizen's right of initiative in Faulkner Act municipalities. The scope of a ...

The overhaul would give voters in just one congressional district the power to veto an amendment, no matter how popular a ...

Protect AR Rights and For AR Kids filed court documents on July 24, 2025 that challenge the constitutionality of laws regulating Arkansas' initiative and referendum process. (Photo by Mary ...