In late September, a dozen new students from Venezuela, some of the more than 15,000 asylum seekers bused to New York City by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, appeared at my child’s elementary school. At ...

The topic today is “Participatory Democracy”, which must be said from the onset is not a rhetorical concept — it either is or it isn’t. In simple terms, participatory democracy means the involvement ...

Voting is not a privilege for states to restrict or manipulate. It is a fundamental civil right and one worth protecting. A ...

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So, in conclusion, compulsory voting is undeniably effective at one thing: raising electoral turnout. For governments in ...