It is easy to wring one’s hands, especially with a presidential campaign approaching, over the scandalous state of the public’s knowledge about politics. But is there anything practical to be done?

University campuses across North America are increasingly polarized places—both for university communities themselves and for the public at large. In the last year, protests over the Gaza war have led ...

NEW YORK, December 21 -- A new report released by The Hastings Center, a leading ethics research institute, finds that the complex issues raised by releasing gene-edited species into the wild demand ...

Partisan gridlock, union protests, contentious town hall meetings and seemingly fruitless formal and informal political debates about proposed economic policies frustrate many and raise questions ...

One of the limitations of popular rule is that the people can’t vote on every matter. Instead, faced daily with complex decisions on everything from the environment to aviation to foreign affairs, ...

Arguments for holding a public deliberation to restart the construction of Shin-Hanul Units 3 & 4, a plan that was scrapped under the government's nuclear phase-out policy, once again clashed fiercely ...