Our global superpower groups need a balancing force for democracy
Imagine a city with a weak government and no police force. The gangs would take over and fight until they...
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Between APC’s desecration of party politics and AFF’s call to action, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
Amid the specter of the implosion of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), last week came a refreshing ray of...
SD Democratic Party Releases Statement: ‘Fact Check: Republicans Wrongly Blame Biden for Rising Gas Prices’ | State News
MARCH 15, 2022 Fact check: Republicans wrongly blame Biden for rising gas pricesAs Republicans continue to try to have it...
US issues new sanctions against Belarusian President Lukashenko – KION546
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The United States applied new sanctions on the Belarusian president on Tuesday Alexander Lukashenkowho allied with...
Democracy as a Vital Interest: A Realist Approach to a New Threat Landscape
Russia's invasion of Ukraine underscores what should now be a universally held truth: President Vladimir Putin views the expansion of...
“Poor quality journalism undermines democracy and information”
Journalists (file photo) BY METHEMBE SIBANDA MEDIA experts have denounced a decline in the quality of journalism around the world,...
Uncomfortably numb: Reddick deals with leg issues in Phoenix | Sports News
By DAVID BRANDT, AP Sports JournalistAVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status as one of NASCAR's fastest...
Why we need a Transatlantic Agenda for Democracy
According to the latest article from The Economist Democracy Index report, France is an "imperfect democracy". Declining public confidence in...
President Biden issues executive order directing a coordinated federal approach to digital assets – Technology
United States: President Biden issues executive order directing a coordinated federal approach to digital assets March 11,...
Voice of Democracy: America — Where do we go now? by Olivia Nedland | News
The local winners were announced as part of the 2021 VFW Voice of Democracy competition sponsored by Westby Veterans of...
Ukraine-Russia: Boris Johnson issues chemical weapons warning, calls Vladimir Putin’s regime ‘barbaric’ as humanitarian crisis worsens
The prime minister accused Mr Putin of a "cynical" attempt to fabricate a pretext to use chemical weapons as the...
Why declassifying secrets is good for democracy
Putin and his supporters in the media seized on these events and helped shape them – highlighting, even exacerbating, the...
Are Latino Voters Really Fleeing the Democratic Party?
Democratic congressional candidate Greg Casar speaks during a rally on February 12, 2022 in San Antonio. (Eric Gay/AP Photo) To...
Capital Snapshot: A monthly overview of the issues, events and timelines driving federal policy decisions – Government, public sector
Worldwide: Capital Snapshot: A monthly overview of the issues, events and timelines driving federal policy decisions March...
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Factbox: Where does Democratic Party of South Korea presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung stand on the questions
Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party, speaks to the media as he leaves after casting...
Ecuador, Greece and Tajikistan have imposed vaccination mandates – Democracy and Society
EcuadorWhile many European countries are still debating whether to introduce vaccination mandates, Ecuador has become the first country in Latin...
Iran, IAEA agree ‘concrete steps’ to address outstanding safeguards issues
A senior Russian diplomat hailed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi's recent visit to Iran as "very...
Parties argue over mundane and salacious issues as DaVita lawsuit looms | Courts
Weeks away from the high-profile white-collar trial, attorneys from the United States and Fortune 500 company DaVita, Inc. squared off...
DP William Ruto criticizes Kenyan democracy in US interview
Vice President William Ruto says there are plans to impose a presidential candidate on Kenyans Vice President William Ruto says...
EOS Data Analytics urgently appeals for images from Ukraine
Polyakov: Ukraine needs data, not relocation offers for its engineers This article was last updated on March 1 at 8...
Putin has reignited the conflict between tyranny and liberal democracy
No one knows how this will end. But we know how it started. Vladimir Putin has mounted an unprovoked assault...
Iran says key issues remain unresolved in Vienna nuclear talks
VIENNA: Iran said on Monday efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could succeed if the United States makes a...
Party designations will be on the St. Louis special ballot after all | Politics
ST. LOUIS — Reversing its earlier stance, the city's Elections Commission voted Monday to print on the April 19 special...
Dick Yarbrough: The invasion of Ukraine raises questions about democracy | Columns
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The West abuses democracy for narrow gains
The file photo shows a view of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China. Editor's note:...
Putin Against Democracy – The New York Times
Democracy has been in decline around the world for more than 15 years. One of the main reasons is the...
Ukraine is courageously fighting for its democracy. How hard are we going to fight for ours?
Meanwhile, we live in a country where senators flee to Cancun during natural disasters, leaving their constituents to fend for...
India abstains on UN resolution but issues more specific statement, Ukraine seeks support
India Saturday abstained on a US-sponsored resolution at the United Nations Security Council which "deplores in the strongest terms" Russia's...
Indonesian economic democracy turns into oligarchy
Three years before John Maynard Keynes published his Magnum Opus, "General theoryin 1933, two economists shared their views on the...
Pittsburgh-area Ukrainians and supporters denounce Russian attack, condemn ‘evil’ Putin
Dan Czmola of Penn Hills expected to have a Zoom call with someone in Ukraine on Thursday but, after a...
Ukraine defends democracy – empty wheel
I happened to wake up at 3 a.m. just as Russia was launching its invasion of Ukraine. The last thread...
Den Tandt: Misinformation breaks democracy. let’s fix it now
Breadcrumb Links Opinion Columnists The corrosion of information appears to outpace various attempts by lawmakers to introduce national standards for...
DAVIES: Get ready for a third political party
Our history is so steeped in a two-party political system that it is natural to assume that political parties are...
The Republican Party abandons democracy. There can be no ‘politics as usual’ | Thomas Zimmer
Over the past few weeks, President Joe Biden has repeatedly emphasized his friendship with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. At...
The Olympics have always been a political platform for global issues, and this year was no different – The Columbia Chronicle
Elias Gonzalez This year's Winter Olympics in Beijing attracted a lot of attention - from global excitement for the Games,...
Jaishankar and his German counterpart discuss bilateral and global issues
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and had a wide range of discussions covering...
Amnesty report sends supporters of Israel into a frenzy
Amnesty International is the latest human rights organization to find Israel guilty of the crime of apartheid. The human rights...
Minutes: Walker County Democratic Party | Catoosa Walker News
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Liberal ministers call blockades a foreign attempt to overthrow Canada’s democracy and economy
Links to the breadcrumb News Canadian politics Canada Government claims occupations are funded and organized by powers outside Canada, but...
Is democracy in danger? – Spartan
The left perspective Democracy: the will of the people. One of the fundamental aspects of American democracy is the ability...
CRAWAL ON THE COURT | State Supreme Court Recap, 10th Circuit Issues Annulments | Courts
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics' third branch of government news roundup. The state Supreme Court was in session last...
Democracy under attack
The American ruling elite has created the perception that the rise of “Communist China” and authoritarian Russia pose a threat...
COLUMN: Questions to determine what the country will be | Columnists
No consideration of the overall social and political health of this country can ignore the rising murder rate over the...
COLUMN: Carol Hughes on crowdfunding issues
Foreign money has no place in our democracy, says MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MLA Carol Hughes writes a regular column...
On Ukraine, Trump and his supporters must choose sides
Lately I've been thinking of a scene in the Oval Office shortly after Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the...
Strengthen democracy by automatically appointing incumbents
Paul F. de LespinasseThe primary function of elections is to determine whether to retain incumbent leaders. Elections where there is...
MASTERSON ONLINE: To protect democracy
Count me among those who applaud 3rd District Rep. Steve Womack's sustained efforts to strengthen election integrity by co-sponsoring the...
Spain ceases to be a “full democracy” with Sánchez according to the classification of “The Economist”
Spain went from 'full democracy' to 'flawed democracy' in 2021, latest says Democratic Quality Index published by The Economistconsidered the...
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Opinion: How truck convoy supporters like Pierre Poilievre weaponized ‘freedom’
If you watched one of the videos of Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre announcing his candidacy for the leadership of his...
Editorial: Republicans censor 2 real conservatives – and confirm their party is a cult | Nation
As future historians seek to determine exactly when the Republican Party ceased to be a legitimate political entity promoting a...
Vote for candidates to improve democracy – Carol Oliver | Letters to the Editor
One thing conservatives and liberals agree on these days is that our democracy is fragile. In a quick internet search...
Book Review: Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society by Firmin DeBrabander
In Life after Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society, Firmin De Brabander argues that rather than seeking to protect...
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Pennsylvania Republican Party does not approve of 2022 elections for Senate and Governor
Pennsylvania Republican Party activists voted against endorsements in this year's critical gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races on Saturday, refusing to...
WisDems: Supporters of GOP gubernatorial campaigns secretly met on Capitol Hill in plot to void 2020 election
MADISON, Wis. – Top Republicans associated with the campaigns of Rebecca Kleefisch and Kevin Nicholson met in secret at the...
State politicians have control problems | Editorials
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Chambersburg NDO repeal was democracy in action: Weidman
American liberals keep yelping about democracy. They claim to love him and claim to be his biggest supporters. Nor do...
Biden sends more troops to Eastern Europe
(The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit source of news, analysis, and commentary from academic experts.) Michael A. Allen, Boise State...
Tucker Carlson Says Baltimore’s High Murder Rate Is Proof Democracy In The United States Isn’t Working
Tucker Carlson said democracy in the United States was failing under Democrats and the proof was in Baltimore – a...
Opinion: Inclusive democracy | Opinion
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is about to step out, and America is eager to see who will take his...
Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema is more popular with Republicans than her own party, polls show
Topline Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's (D-Arizona) continued political fallout with her own party has made her more popular with Republican voters...
Is the decline of democracy a fatality?
Capitol, Washington, DC, 06/01/2021 © lev radin Perhaps the most critical immediate question facing the world in 2022 is whether...
Olympics highlights human rights issues in China as athletes compete
You have worked hard and shown remarkable commitment, courage and skill to reach this stage of your sporting career. To...
Former Vice President Hamid Ansari’s statement on Indian democracy is presumptuous and absurd
Former Vice President Hamid Ansari lamenting the state of India's democracy during a discussion on 'protecting India's pluralist constitution' hosted...
the aristocratic philosopher fighting for democracy
Whenever a revolution seeks to overthrow a regime, the revolutionary leaders have often grown up within the framework of the...
South Korea’s ruling party candidate seeks to outdo Moon with North Korea nuclear talks | world news
SEOUL (Reuters) - The top security adviser to South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate said his team aimed to overcome...
Americans are divided on Russia and Ukraine – but not across party lines | national news
As Republican leaders urge President Joe Biden to be tough on Russia, urging him to impose tough economic sanctions or...
President Levits makes a statement on the situation between Russia and Ukraine / Article
1. In recent weeks, Russia has dramatically escalated the threat of a military invasion of Ukraine. His rhetoric is extremely...
Can we still save American democracy?
This is how democracy ends: with a groan. In the aftermath of President Biden's fiery speech on January 12 in...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl rallies supporters at first event of 2022
With the Republican primary just over four months away, gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl kicked off her 2022 campaign season on...
Trump and his supporters are the biggest threat to American democracy: professor
Rogers M. Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, told the Tehran Times that "Trump is...
Blues singer Shemekia Copeland goes to ‘War’ over issues close to her heart
Blues singer Shemekia Copeland Photo: Mike WhitePossessing a voice that could spin a turbine, Shemekia Copeland never struggles to be...
Saving Democracy: What Kind? | Opinion
The news these days is filled with worries about safeguarding democracy, how under siege it is. President Biden has called...
RALPH SURETTE: Democracy falters, but Trumpists could still be hobbled
The agony has been intense over the state of democracy in the United States since the anniversary of the Jan....
Oman issues new COVID-19 measures due to spike in infections
Gulf Arab adherence to Jewish minority reflected in Bahrain cemetery restoration project DUBAI: For more than a century, a small...
Letter: Erosion of Voters’ Confidence in Democracy | Chaska Letters to the Editor
January 6 marked one year since the violent attack on the US Capitol to prevent the certification of the presidential...
AAC&U Conference Addresses Democracy and Liberal Education
Dr. Gilda Barabino, President of Olin College of EngineeringThis week, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), a global...
Is Christian Nationalism the No. 1 Threat to Democracy?
The recent anniversary of the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol, in which apparently right-wing Trump supporters stormed...
Alexa McDonough revived social democracy in Canada while on the ropes
When Alexa McDonough became leader of the federal NDP in 1995, the party was at rock bottom. In the 1993...
What would MLK say about this moment in American democracy? We don’t have to guess
As I reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., I can't help but think how fitting, albeit painful,...
Salvadoran democracy was hard won. Now President Nayib Bukele is threatening him.
n/a Why did we Salvadorans clash, as children of the same nation? The causes have a structural origin, accumulated over...
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