By Kevin Frazier A State Constitutional Convention In less than two years, Rhode Island residents will have an opportunity to serve as the democratic innovators so desperately needed in these gridlocked times. Every ten years, a question is placed on Rhode Island ballots: “Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the Constitution?” The... Continue Reading →
Participatory Democracy Brings us Closer to Climate Action
By Wietse Van Ransbeeck and Vanja Pantic Participatory Democracy Brings us Closer to Climate Action At last year’s COP26 - the United Nations Climate Change Conference - countries agreed to address coal’s role as the most polluting fossil fuel. But not before the wording was watered down from “phasing-out” to “phasing-down” coal power. Since then, the... Continue Reading →