Ramin Skibba is an astrophysicist turned science writer based in San Diego, California. The US election being held in November is only the latest in a pivotal year of elections. By the end of 2024, as ...

This proposition is a re­minder of how democ­racy began in Ancient Greece at about 500 BC. Fed up with monarchy, where one person ruled, and aristocracy that had a few privileged people gov­erning – ...

Imagine a Congress where politicians of different ideologies work together to pass legislation reflecting what most Americans want. This isn’t hypothetical; it’s how Congress worked for much of the ...