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Democracy in East Africa is retreating. Here is how it can be saved Amid the capitulation of legislatures and elections rendered meaningless, grassroots organising can save democracy in the region.
Well, Helldivers 2's Heart of Democracy update has definitely succeeded in filling some pants with poop. The Galactic War arriving on the streets of Super Earth has propelled the game to its ...
Why do the good guys keep losing? That was the question that haunted your Global View columnist last week at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. The annual gathering was initiated in 2018 by Anders ...
The first three months of the Trump administration were a mass-extinction level event for global democracy support and foreign aid. With astonishing speed, the administration decimated two ...
The Indonesian government has passed revisions to Law No. 34/2004 on the National Military — allowing active military personnel to hold positions in more civil government bodies and ministries — which ...
Can Democracy Survive Without Truth? Democracy depends on citizens being informed. People need accurate information about climate change, for example, in order to know how to survive its effects.
Harvard’s recent commitment to institutional neutrality — a policy we support — is not a reason to remain silent. The defense of democracy transcends partisan or policy debates.
One of the core threats to democracy over the past decade has been Trump’s willingness to go to great lengths to win or maintain the presidency — a danger that materialized after he lost the ...
Democracy advocate examines how Trump is changing the U.S. government By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson Feb 10 Watch 8:38 How the courts may serve as a check on Trump’s presidency By Geoff Bennett ...
It is no secret that American democracy is in crisis. The Brookings Institution is formulating a new Marshall Plan to meet this moment: the Democracy Playbook.
When I lived in China, a decade ago, I often saw propaganda billboards covered in words that supposedly expressed the country’s values: Patriotism. Harmony. Equality. And … Democracy. Indeed ...
In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s re-election to the White House and the surprising margins of his victory, reckonings abound—not just for the Democratic Party, the future of identity ...