For more than 30 years, Stanford political scientist James Fishkin has been exploring and demonstrating the capacity of small, representative "mini-publics" to make thoughtful meaningful political ...

Two weeks ago, Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with Fox News anchor Bret Baier for a conversation. This “conversation” entailed a series of heated questions and provocative moves by Baier, ...

Deliberative democracy is a model of governance in which citizens engage in structured discussion and collective reasoning to inform public decision-making. Unlike traditional electoral systems that ...

Ari explores forms of deliberative democracy around the world that empower citizens. Ari explores the power of deliberative democracy, where citizens are actively involved in decision-making processes ...

PHILADELPHIA — Voters in one of the most divided states in the country moved closer together on immigration, climate change and voter ID requirements after spending just a few days together. A diverse ...

The ballot initiative, a form of direct democracy practiced across the country, is often held up as a model of implementing the people’s will and, therefore, achieving democracy’s most fundamental aim ...

University campuses across North America are increasingly polarized places—both for university communities themselves and for the public at large. In the last year, protests over the Gaza war have led ...