Imagine waking up one morning to find that your fundamental right to influence state policy through citizen-led initiatives has been effectively nullified. This ...

Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative ...

I love the fact that South Dakota was the first state in the nation to empower its citizens to initiate and refer laws, columnist Terry Woster writes.

Elon Musk’s involvement in government affairs is an unprecedented, extralegal appointment and a direct affront to democratic ...

Musk’s use of the social media platform he owns has become both a cudgel and a megaphone for the Republican administration.

Trump appears bent on ridding schools of dangerous practices like critical thinking and an unsanitized study of history.

Lee Drutman explores the “two-party doom loop” of the U.S. political system and how proportional representation can break the ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

By working to improve democratic education and to put a system in place that listens to and engages with young people, ...

The legislative session that begins Monday should not be held, and lawmakers should reject all of Ron DeSantis’ demands. But ...

At first glance, President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed like a continuation of the country’s nearly 250-year-long tradition of peaceful transfers of power, essential to its democracy. And ...

Even before these latest actions, a significant number of Americans were worried about the U.S. becoming less of a democracy and more of an authoritarian state under Trump's second term.