democracy

I recently wrote that a 42-day government shutdown is hard evidence that American democracy is dysfunctional and […]

For decades I have been watching American democracy unravel as it became increasingly dysfunctional. US democracy murdered […]

Political campaign contributions, not voters, elect the president and members of the Senate and House.  Consequently, elected representatives […]

In Ed Curtin’s collection of essays that I recently reviewed Are Americans Still Americans? he explains in […]

Once upon a time political establishments would focus on defeating their opponent/challenger in elections.  Now they imprison them […]

Warmongering senator Tom Cotton made an interesting comment during the confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbard the other […]

The pious display of Jimmy Carter’s casket was a last-ditch attempt to give U.S. politics an image […]

In an effort to keep a popularly-elected, Russia-friendly president from taking office, Romania has canceled the results […]

Western democracy is just a process for legitimizing elite interests, and these same elites sometimes repeat the […]

Ju-Hyun Park, a member of Nodutdol and the Engagement Editor at The Real News, discusses the emerging […]

The electorate in Romania chose Calin Georgescu as their president. But the West said  NO!  You see, Georgescu is […]

La intentona golpista del presidente de Corea del Sur, el 3 de diciembre, no fue improvisada ni […]