My hero Louis Brandeis was a distinguished Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939. Many people know his words: “Sunlight is the best of disinfectants”.
Articles by DC Authors
DC Authors articles from Democracy Chronicles writers across the globe are colleced here. And take a look at DC's Author Central page for more information about the writers and even inquire about getting involved yourself. Together, they help cover free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on American democracy.
America’s Unfulfilled Promise of Equality Under Law
America is an unfulfilled promise, sitting on her potential. We have traded in reason for bullets of fear. There is little justice for us in life or in death, but they tell us to stick to the script, “You have a black president, what more do you want?”
42 Years Later: The Roe v Wade Decision
January 22nd was the 42nd Anniversary of Roe v Wade decision of 1973, when women won the right to safe, legal abortions. How is this up for debate again?
Explaining Why Greeks Elected Leftist Politicians
Voters in Greece have elected a radical left party, Syriza, into power on Sunday raising fears across Europe that the country may exit the Eurozone and default on its debt.
China’s Cultural Revolution: An Ode to My Burning Family
Familiar red imagery of Cultural Revolution propaganda to create something that speaks more truth to violence rather than the false utopia it represented
Dear Pope Francis: Help the DREAMers
Dear Pope Francis, last year I wrote you. I repeat another letter this year, with the hope that you will answer me, not me necessarily, but all DREAMers
Photos From Close Gitmo 13 Years at Whitehouse
A couple of hundred Activists and supporters converged in front of the White House Sunday, the Gitmo 13 Year Anniversary. Sponsored by; Amnesty International USA, the Blue Lantern Project, CCR, CloseGitmo.net, Code Pink, Council on American-Islamic relations, and others.
Ukraine Peace Talks Suspended Again, Future Now in Question
Ultimately the two sides will have to come to an agreement that reasserts sovereignty and removes the Russian influence after Ukraine peace talks suspended
In Front of Us: On Freedom of Expression and Education
Have you not ever felt weird when having a full plate in front of you, remembering that others don’t have much to eat? That weird feeling is called consciousness, which implies empathy with other human beings, appreciating and not taking for granted something that others, so many others, don’t have and didn’t have
Photos: Eric Garner Grand Jury Transparency Protests
On one of the windiest and coldest mornings in recent weeks demonstrators are demanding Eric Gardner Grand Jury transparency and the public release of all records from the proceedings.