“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.” - Aristotle
America's founding fathers declared that the new republic would consist of "the total exclusion of the people, in their collective capacity, from any share" in the government. What does that mean…
Disenchantment with liberal democracy has confronted it with an existential danger. But while the problem has been richly described, few tangible solutions have emerged to reverse the alienation…
We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both," said Louis Brandeis, a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Was he right? Can economic…
Far from diminishing, ethnic, national and religious tribalism is on the rise, feeding intolerance, exclusion, populism and conflict. Why are the ideals of multiculturalism and inclusion so elusive,…
