What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

It only took 20 pages for the Supreme Court of Arkansas to set back both reproductive autonomy and direct democracy in a state on the cusp of delivering a powerful signal on abortion access. Four of ...

Direct democracy raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana and overturned an abortion ban. An August ballot measure could ...

As the federal government has become more autocratic and dismissive of citizen petitions, interest in the petition process has waned. The unprecedented levels of debt incurred by the federal ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A fight over how easy it should be to change the state's constitution is escalating with this year's second direct democracy ballot initiative. 'Protect AR Rights' is now the ...

Our state’s constitution does something that makes some politicians very uncomfortable: It reserves for the people of Arkansas a set of legislative powers. (Did you know that you, an Arkansas citizen, ...