The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need ...

Ancient Greek laws against tyrants permitted the killing of authoritarians who attacked democracy. Still, popular sovereignty ...

As we all know, today even Greece has given up the direct democracy its ancestors invented. In fact the ancient Athens’ Ecclesia-style democracy can’t be found anywhere in the world.

Klio, Vol. 105, Issue. 2, p. 403. Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is ...

His solution was to form a general assembly of all Athenian free men, with each man having one vote - a type of government we now call direct democracy. These men would then meet regularly to ...

Voters are amending their state constitutions to protect reproductive freedom—and discovering the limitations of these ...

But let me say something in defense of Greece. Echoing my NRO colleague Andrew Stuttaford, I note that at least the Greeks are letting their people have a direct say in their future — a fitting ...

Direct democracy is a very important part of the Swiss political culture. It dates back to the second half of the 19th century, when it was introduced on a national level. Before that, it had ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own ...

But the push to bring direct democracy back to Washington after a long hiatus had already scored three big wins before a ...

Calling all history buffs! Add this underrated town near Naples to your bucket list to see ancient Greek ruins in an ...