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Algeria Silencing Critics At Home And Abroad

Algeria Silencing Critics At Home And Abroad

AMERICA

Worries Grow About Election Safety And Security

Worries Grow About Election Safety And Security

July 4, 2022

Some people are harassing election workers because politicians keep making baseless claims that the 2020 election was “stolen”.

Making Democracy Robust With 100% Voter Turnout

Making Democracy Robust With 100% Voter Turnout

July 4, 2022

“Civic duty voting” advocates argue that it will alter election campaigns by mobilizing the base to appeal to a wider audience.

Supreme Court To Hear Case On State Legislatures’ Power Over Elections

Supreme Court To Hear Case On State Legislatures’ Power Over Elections

July 4, 2022

The Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit that could fundamentally alter state election management in yet another contentious move.

Call For An Investigation Of Intuit’s Lobbying Practices Amid Mounting

Call For An Investigation Of Intuit’s Lobbying Practices Amid Mounting

July 4, 2022

Intuit has spent decades fighting against free government-sponsored tax filing services and its lobbying efforts have increased.

Majority of Americans Want Supreme Court Term Limits 

Majority of Americans Want Supreme Court Term Limits 

July 1, 2022

Following the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade most Americans want a reform of the Supreme Court with the adoption of term limits.

Most See Their Own Party’s Falsehoods As More Acceptable

Most See Their Own Party’s Falsehoods As More Acceptable

July 1, 2022

The study on partisan biases has significance for understanding the hyperpolarized political environment in the United States today.

Supreme Court Expands State Power Over Native American Tribes

Supreme Court Expands State Power Over Native American Tribes

July 1, 2022

The Supreme Court Wednesday dramatically increased state power over Native American tribes and undercut its own 2020 ruling.

US State Institutions and Democratic Opportunity

US State Institutions and Democratic Opportunity

June 30, 2022

State-level institutions offer democratic opportunity than federal ones. They readily give majorities a chance to rule on equal terms.

Negative Partisanship Works In American Elections

Negative Partisanship Works In American Elections

June 30, 2022

The vocabulary of American politics is vehement, with characters on the right and left demonizing those on the other side as extremists.

  • New York City’s Noncitizen Voting Law Is Struck Down
  • Historical Lynching’s And The Contemporary Black Voting Behavior
  • Colorado Guilty Plea A First For US Election Task Force
  • Violent Threats to Election Workers Are Common. Prosecutions are Not
  • New Book: A Surprising History Of Gerrymandering In America
  • Flood Of State And Federal Lobbying Spending In 2021
  • Non-Partisan Primaries Versus Top-4, Top-2 Primaries
  • What Nine Years Without The Voting Rights Act Looks Like
  • What We Lose When We Lose Competitive Congressional Districts
  • Reviewing Apportionment And Redistricting

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WORLDWIDE

Hundred New Laws Restricting Press Have Been Passed In Russia

Hundred New Laws Restricting Press Have Been Passed In Russia

July 4, 2022

Russia’s relentless assault on basic freedoms, notably press freedom, has led to hundred new laws limiting press access there.

Sudan At Least 7 Dead In Mass Protests Against Army Rule

Sudan At Least 7 Dead In Mass Protests Against Army Rule

July 4, 2022

Seven people were killed last Thursday when the Sudanese military used live bullets to disperse crowds in response to protests.

Philippines To Swear In New Leader As Duterte Leaves

Philippines To Swear In New Leader As Duterte Leaves

July 1, 2022

With his inauguration, the Marcos political dynasty, overthrown in 1986 as a result of a public uprising, makes an astounding comeback.

Russia Tightens Legislation On 'Foreign Agents'

Russia Tightens Legislation On ‘Foreign Agents’

July 1, 2022

The State Duma enacted a new law Wednesday that will make it simpler for the government to designate dissidents as “foreign agents.”

India Arrest Of Fact-Checker Raises Concerns Over Press Freedom

India Arrest Of Fact-Checker Raises Concerns Over Press Freedom

June 30, 2022

A persistent tendency has emerged in the erosion of Indian democracy. The nation’s journalistic liberties are deteriorating alarmingly.

Navalny Appeal Rejected; Another Kremlin Critic Jailed

Navalny Appeal Rejected; Another Kremlin Critic Jailed

June 30, 2022

In his appeal, Navalny said prison officials forbade his attorneys from bringing necessary equipment to a court hearing inside a prison.

On the G7 plate at this time

On the G7 plate at this time

June 30, 2022

The leaders meeting in Germany’s Bavaria state are searching for ways to support Ukraine in defending itself against Russia.

Acclaimed Zimbabwe Author Slapped With Arrest Warrant

Acclaimed Zimbabwe Author Slapped With Arrest Warrant

June 30, 2022

The warrant of arrest for Tsitsi came after she failed to appear in court over charges of inciting violence. Her lawyer said she was ill.

Nigeria’s New Kingmakers

Nigeria’s New Kingmakers

June 28, 2022

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and its biggest democracy, yet its leaders are chosen by a small group of kingmakers.

  • Nigeria’s New Kingmakers
  • Democratic Recession May Yet Give Way To Renewal
  • How Popular Votes Made Switzerland A Global Democracy Leader
  • Study: Politicians Typically Enjoy Longer Lives Than General Populations
  • Democracy Day, E-Governance And Better Nigeria
  • Inside The Luxury Russian Dacha Linked To Vladimir Putin
  • Why Do Some Democracies Survive Coup Attempts?
  • How Journalists Can Spot The Signs Of Autocracy
  • Bolsonaro’s New Ally In Questioning Brazil’s Elections: The Military
  • Tunisia’s Saied Unpicks Young ‘Arab Spring’ Democracy

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Harnessing The Power Of “We The People” On Independence Day

By Jenna Spinelle July 3, 2022

Democracy does not have a singular definition, which is one of the things that makes it so interesting to me — and undoubtedly to many of you.

Florida Doesn’t Need a Speech Czar

By Steve Schneider June 28, 2022

Full disclosure: I’m a liberal Democrat. So, I won’t be sending in my vote-by-mail ballot for Ron DeSantis in November. Nor will I vote for him in 2024.

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Introducing: When The People Decide

By Jenna Spinelle June 25, 2022

Several activists and average citizens have changed their communities and the country by taking important issues directly to votes.

Democracy’s Summer Blockbusters

By Jenna Spinelle June 8, 2022

The summer will be legally and politically charged particularly with the January 6 committee hearings scheduled to begin June 9.

Can American Democracy Have Nice Things?

By Jenna Spinelle June 7, 2022

Universal voting would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the active disenfranchisement of a large share of our citizens.

PODCAST: Baby Boomers And American Gerontocracy

By Jenna Spinelle May 23, 2022

Older and younger voters are increasingly at odds: Republicans as a whole skew gray-haired, and within the Democratis, the left-leaning youth vote.

A Dangerous Reprise Of American Exceptionalism In Ukraine

By Jamie Lampidis May 15, 2022

The stakes are too high to cave into Putin’s phantasmatic imperial play, and too high to believe that this war can be won by arming Ukrainians.

On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade

By Peter J. Dellolio May 11, 2022

Anyone who says that the evolution of law has nothing to do with politics is either very corrupt or very stupid. Laws evolved through the centuries.

Goodbye Roe v. Wade, Goodbye Rule Of Law

By Andrew Straw May 5, 2022

Congress should impeach judges who act like that because it is not good behavior, and they were asked not to act that way when they were confirmed.

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DEMOCRACY CULTURE

India: Why Are Punjab Political Singers Under Attack?

India: Why Are Punjab Political Singers Under Attack?

June 8, 2022

The murder of Sidhu Moose Wala has brought attention to the link between Punjabi music and India’s cross-border criminal networks.

University Educated Less Likely To Endorse Authoritarianism

University Educated Less Likely To Endorse Authoritarianism

June 4, 2022

Higher education is now seen as a new political cleavage, with level of education increasingly important in describing political attitudes.

From Cake To Volunteers, Welcome To Australia’s Democracy Day

From Cake To Volunteers, Welcome To Australia’s Democracy Day

May 25, 2022

The atmosphere in the interstate polling booth in Sydney’s inner east resembled that of an emergency room waiting for a donor organ.

Kenyan 'Cartooning For Peace' To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

Kenyan ‘Cartooning For Peace’ To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

May 17, 2022

Cartooning is an art that has been playing a major role in illustrating stories in different ways, from health to politics, and even sports.

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers' Anxiety, Even Online

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Anxiety, Even Online

May 17, 2022

Organizational leader’s tweets can influence employee anxieties and this effect is more prominent since the rise of COVID-19, study.

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