Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

As Oregon lawmakers get back to work, one thing they will be deciding this session: Should the T-bone be the official state steak? If the T-bone becomes our steak, it will join a long procession of ...

A plan to "ethnically cleanse" Palestinians from their lands – I mean, it’s right there in that word. But not according to ...

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Australian Jews are no more responsible for Israel's war in Gaza, than Australian Palestinians are responsible on 7 October ...

But the type of person that he is, he decided that he wanted to do something with the time he had left," his wife Jan said after her husband was awarded the 2025 Victorian Australian of the Year.

Here’s how it works. Australia's best streaming services are flaunting their stuff this month, but subscribing to multiple at once isn't cheap. To watch the content you want without breaking the ...

Oregon Department of Human Services staff members serving Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties have found a new home base at the Seaside Outlet Mall. The former Department of Human Services ...

Dan Kelly was sitting in the car Saturday night, absorbing the news of an explosive trade war erupting between Canada and the United States, when yet another desperate email landed in his inbox.

Attorneys for the Bow School District are asking a federal judge to deny a request for a temporary injunction, saying the district shouldn’t be forced to endure “tens or hundreds of so-called ...

A dump truck plowed into the front of the Redmond Family Dental building in Redmond on Feb. 2. The driver initially fled the scene of the 9:11 a.m. crash, but was arrested later that day, according to ...