Few Americans today realize that until the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, US senators were appointed by their state ...

Today, the definition of “senator” is a member of a Senate. The definition of a “senate” is a legislative or governing body. In the Founder’s era, a senate was defined as “an assembly of counselors; a ...

Recently, progressive State Rep. Anna Eskamani called on Floridians to oppose efforts by our state Legislature to call an Article V amendment convention for the purpose of term-limiting Congress. This ...

FARNKFURT, Dec 2 Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said here on Wednesday the government would soon repeal the Article 58(2)b and the 17th Amendment and implement the Charter of Democracy in letter ...

This column will be about Colorado … eventually, I promise. But I want to start with context on the state of American democracy. Political scientists have measures to analyze partisanship in different ...