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Alternet: Heartbreaking Stories from Academia

“What is education?” Ruth Wangerin asks me, when I Skype the sociology professor at her home in New York. “Is education a good for its...

RT: Why a US presidential pardon for Edward Snowden is not such a crazy idea after all

This Friday, Oliver Stone’s film 'Snowden' hits theaters. The release will be accompanied by a campaign that is focused on procuring a...

OpenDemocracy: Using technology to inject the demos back into democracy

The recent Brexit referendum revealed a deep societal rift about what the word ‘democracy’ means. To some, the term ‘democracy’ is...

LA Review of Books: Democracy — Too Much of a Good Thing?

ANDREW SULLIVAN’S RECENT New York magazine essay, Democracies End When They Are Too Democratic, rattled many a reader and provoked a...

The Nation: Why Is American Democracy So Broken, and Can It Be Fixed?

Few elections in the Western world offer the spectacle that is an American presidential race. While Brits tend to keep a stiff upper lip...

Alternet: Post-Capitalism Utopia Is a Bit of a Farce

One of Ireland’s thicker politicians recently made the rather bold claim that the country was in danger of becoming "a lawless utopia."...

TheJournal: You risk blowing your savings on a lifetime supply of pens when you run for elections

How much you spend on your campaign still plays a large role in determining whether you win a seat , writes Roslyn Fuller. THE US AND...

RT: 3 false claims MSM is making about the Assange case

The mainstream media has fallen in line with the governments of the UK and Sweden to dispute the legitimacy and significance of the...

The Irish Times: Democracy’s Beginning by Thomas Mitchell review: when democracy first ruled

These are tumultuous times for democracy. Syriza’s meteoric rise and partial fall was joined by one of the most statistically skewed...

Alternet: How We Can Overcome Oligarchy Disguised as Democracy

As many countries show, technology can bring decision making closer to the voters. He who says organization, says oligarchy. So wrote...

Toronto Star: We need democratic reform, not just electoral reform

I left Canada as a teenager over 15 years ago, first to study abroad, then to live and work in Europe. You get used to a lot of things...

Alternet: Democracy Has Lost Its Purpose

National democracies today often present a bleak picture with fractured electorates dominated by minority parties that come to power...

RT: In time of crisis, the world needs to unite for peace

Nearly one in every hundred people on Earth today has been forced to flee their home in search of safety elsewhere. The vast majority are...