Democracy is about giving everyone a voice and where decisions are made by consensus. Dictatorships are where one single entity makes the rules for all of society with no input from those it governs.

Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

Transparency International welcomes a string of US and multilateral initiatives announced as part of the Summit for Democracy, held on 9-10 December. From the release of the US anti-corruption ...

The unwieldy complexity of state government complicated by the use of “cost shifts” makes a mockery of the concept of transparency.

This poses a severe danger to maintaining our democracy that is based on cooperating trust networks. Mutual trust depends on free speech and a free press that creates transparency.

And there are reasons why, in a democracy, we have to assume the responsibility of knowing what our lawmakers are up to. In 1983, the U.S. invaded the tiny West Indies island of Grenada.

The U.S. State Department has a Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor whose purpose is to "promote democracy as a means to achieve security, stability, and prosperity for the entire world" and ...

Give-away stickers to promote the application process of the chance to serve on the 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission are shown at a news conference held by Stephanie Ramirez-Ridgeway, chief ...

It is the heart of democracy. Sunshine Week, which begins March 16 and runs through March 22, is an appropriate time to redouble our efforts to strengthen open government and transparency. This is ...

In 20 House districts across the state, voters in dozens of communities had the option last week of expressing their opinion on a nonbinding referendum that calls for increased transparency ...

With some fanfare U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra has unveiled the U.S. Federal IT Dashboard, which he said provides transparency to the government's $74 billion budget. It's a work in progress. (Picture ...