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Direct Democracy Is Upending the GOP’s Radical Agenda
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe most common argument for raising the threshold to pass a citizen-led ballot initiative goes...
Direct democracy can force governments to better represent the people -- but it doesn't always work...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has led to a push for citizens initiatives to...
How a South Dakota priest inspired 125 years of direct democracy — and the fight to preserve it
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S....
Missouri’s ballot petitions legalized weed, expanded Medicaid. Kansans lack the power
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFor more than 100 years Missouri residents have exercised more direct control over their democracy...
China says it's running on a new version of democracy that doesn't rely on elections. Experts say...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoParty and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Huning and Han Zheng meet with representatives...
The failed Ohio amendment reflects Republican efforts nationally to restrict direct democracy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter Ohio voters repealed a law pushed by Republicans that would have limited unions' collective...
Untangling the deep and troubled roots of democracy can help define its future
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPainting of leaders presenting the Declaration of Independence; African Slave Trade Photo...
What Leaving Abortion Up to the States Really Means
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom A funny thing happens when you leave abortion access up to each state: Voters start to show politicians how they actually...
Missouri Senate debates curbing direct democracy amid campaign for abortion rights vote
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“We’re gonna be here to try to uphold democracy in the state of Missouri,” said Sen. Doug Beck, a...
Portland, hard drugs and other experiments in direct democracy
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up...