Primary winners represent the views of a small group of people who turn out inconsistently and often do not even represent the the views of the parties’ voters, to say nothing of the general public.
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Data center proposals are often local controversies with significant underlying principles at stake.
For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what’s fair – not just what’s equal.
Blue dot signs are going up across Omaha to show support for Kamala Harris. Heavily Republican Nebraska splits its electoral votes, and Omaha cast its single vote for Dems in 2008 and 2020.
Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place scientifically, technically and socially.
Decision-making bodies created by random selection, citizens’ assemblies are creating a sense of optimism about democracy among those who have heard about or taken part in them.
Some fascists claim that democracy and fascism have the same goal – to give effect to the will of the people. But who the people are is where the ideologies divide.
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Research Affiliate in Legal and Political Philosophy, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; University of Toronto
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Chercheuse permanente, Cevipof, professeur de philosophie politique, Sciences Po
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Professor of Geography, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury
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Assistant Research Scientist in Environmental Justice, University of Michigan
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Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies