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William Ruto declared winner of Kenyan presidential vote

William Ruto declared winner of Kenyan presidential vote

AMERICA

Voters Can Be Persuaded To Switch Candidate Support With New Info

Voters Can Be Persuaded To Switch Candidate Support With New Info

August 14, 2022

Voters’ responses to information in a way compatible with Bayesian updating, can explain the modest size of campaign effects.

Majority Continue To Favor Moving Away From Electoral College

Majority Continue To Favor Moving Away From Electoral College

August 14, 2022

Due to the Electoral College’s excessive influence in recent elections, most Americans back altering the presidential election process.

4 States To Use Gerrymandered Maps Ruled Illegal

4 States To Use Gerrymandered Maps Ruled Illegal

August 11, 2022

Despite judges opposing racially biased maps in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Ohio, these states are going ahead with these maps.

Turning Jails Into Polling Places

Turning Jails Into Polling Places

August 11, 2022

Every day, over 500,000 individuals in America are in jail. In many states, it is acceptable for a detained resident to cast a ballot.

Denver Renews Voting Software Feds Say Proved Vulnerable

Denver Renews Voting Software Feds Say Proved Vulnerable

August 11, 2022

A federal agency warned about a security breach on the Dominion systems last month. But Denver City Council has decided to use them.

Google Quieter On Election Misinformation As Midterms Loom

Google Quieter On Election Misinformation As Midterms Loom

August 11, 2022

Google is able to monitor false information. But the internet giant is less vocal about election misinformation ahead of the midterms.

It’s Time For Universal Voting

It’s Time For Universal Voting

August 4, 2022

A genuinely inclusive and participatory democracy, which is currently essential to the stability of America, requires universal voting.

Kansas abortion referendum drives record number of voters to polls

Kansas abortion referendum drives record number of voters to polls

August 4, 2022

Only a small number of voters participate in primaries, but this year’s Kansas primary was unique due to its abortion referendum.

Election Workers Report More Than 1,000 'hostile' Contacts

Election Workers Report More Than 1,000 ‘hostile’ Contacts

August 4, 2022

More than 1,000 interactions “identified as hostile or harassing” were examined by a task force established by the DOJ last year.

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WORLDWIDE

A Greek Scandal Reverberates As Eavesdropping Expands In Europe

A Greek Scandal Reverberates As Eavesdropping Expands In Europe

August 16, 2022

Revelations that a top opposition figure’s cell phone was bugged has alarmed government, raising worries of the extent of such espionage.

How The Ultrarich Use Media Ownership As A Political Investment 

How The Ultrarich Use Media Ownership As A Political Investment 

August 16, 2022

A growing number of billionaires globally are combining their political and financial goals with control of significant media outlets.

How Sri Lankans Rose Up to Dethrone A Dynasty

How Sri Lankans Rose Up to Dethrone A Dynasty

August 14, 2022

Following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, were seen having a good time last month.

Why South Korea Just Pardoned The Samsung 'Prince'

Why South Korea Just Pardoned The Samsung ‘Prince’

August 14, 2022

Lee Jae-yong, heir to Samsung who was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement in 2017, has received a special presidential pardon.

Kenya’s Battered Economy Takes Center Stage In Election

Kenya’s Battered Economy Takes Center Stage In Election

August 11, 2022

Regardless of who wins Kenya’s August 9, 2022, general election, Raila Odinga or William Ruto, the economy needs to be strengthened.

Could Democracy Backslide in Colombia?

Could Democracy Backslide in Colombia?

August 11, 2022

After decades of civil war, Columbia’s democracy has improved much. But it is still important to consider if its democracy could backslide.

Haiti Sinks Into Pandemonium, The World Community Is Silent

Haiti Sinks Into Pandemonium, The World Community Is Silent

August 11, 2022

Haiti remains unstable. Pandemonium is spreading further over the nation. The international community, as usual, is silent.

Michigan Officials Detail a Brazen Voting Machine Scheme

Michigan Officials Detail a Brazen Voting Machine Scheme

August 11, 2022

The Michigan attorney general’s office discovered attempts to induce county clerks in three counties to turn up election equipment.

Ethiopia Gets Tough On Journalists Since Tigray Conflict

Ethiopia Gets Tough On Journalists Since Tigray Conflict

August 4, 2022

When it comes to press repression in Africa, Ethiopia and Eritrea are at the top of the list. They are the leading African jailers of journalists

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  • Mexico To Investigate Former President Pena Nieto’s Finances
  • Forced Organ Harvesting In China
  • Senegal’s Disputed Elections Do Not Bode Well For Democracy
  • Sweeping Mortgage Boycott Changes The Face Of Dissent In China
  • Tunisians Back Constitution Giving Extraordinary Powers To President
  • Thousands In Bosnia Protest Possible Changes To Election Law
  • Russia Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship Machine
  • The Last ‘Arab Spring’ Democracy Is Dangling By A Thread
  • Myanmar Junta Executes Four Democracy Activists

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A New Approach To Breaking Our Media Silos

By Jenna Spinelle August 12, 2022

It’s no secret that there’s a partisan divide in the media, but thus far, solutions to bridge that divide have been few and far between.

Carmel’s Cautionary Tale for Post-Roe America

By Joe Mathews August 10, 2022

The lesson is about… the human horrors of letting judges, or anyone else, determine our rights on the basis of history – especially when history omits so much.

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New Tech Helps Citizens Audit The Vote

By Steve Schneider August 9, 2022

Rebuilding trust in our democracy would require high-quality verification in the form of audits that will stand up in the court of public opinion.

2022: Year Of Radical Change For Camp Lejeune Justice

By Andrew Straw August 4, 2022

Indiana has been a purple state dominated and oppressed by Republicans who stack every deck in their own favor, all three branches.

Here At The Crossroads, To Lead Or Be Led

By Jack Jones August 1, 2022

We will only have a chance to save our imperiled democracy if we work to reverse discriminatory laws like Citizens United.

Laboratories Against Democracy

By Jenna Spinelle July 25, 2022

Jake Grumbach’s book “Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics” is out now from Princeton University Press.

Mass Shootings: Time To Ramp Up Citizen Action

By Jack Jones July 20, 2022

Those controlling the levers of power need to be confronted on these issues and made uncomfortable enough so that they can act.

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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DEMOCRACY CULTURE

New Quarter Will Honor Activist Who Fought For Women’s Voting

New Quarter Will Honor Activist Who Fought For Women’s Voting

July 28, 2022

A Latina suffragette and one of New Mexico’s first female officials during the 20th century will have her image stamped on the US quarter.

Magnum Photographers Challenged To Picture Swiss Democracy

Magnum Photographers Challenged To Picture Swiss Democracy

July 6, 2022

Magnum photographers accustomed to exploring crisis regions have been challenged to capture the quiet operation of Swiss democracy.

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.

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