President Xi Jinping of China recently managed to abolish term limits. What compels some leaders to discard the rules of the very systems that led them to power?

Referendums have a way of turning everyone into a self-proclaimed political expert. But does giving a population the chance to directly weigh in on a specific issue lead to a more informed voting public?

Heather Gilligan explores the impact of racism on the fight towards universal health care.

Welfare dependency theories often point to a weakening of "traditional values of individualism, freedom and self-determination,"