Nara, 11-year-old Paraguayan schoolgirl will serve as the country’s symbolic president on Thursday, part of campaign for UN’ International Day of the Girl.
Democracy Culture articles
This Democracy Culture archive combines interesting culture, lifestyle, celebrities, weird news, and humor related to democracy. Democracy is a part of nature itself, a way of group decision making that is revolutionary in its application to political power. Democracy exists as part of our culture and is reflected in surprising ways throughout. These stories highlight the many expressions of democracy in everyday life. Also see our Political Art section.
Meet a Computer-Generated Ronald Reagan Hologram
The computer-generated imagery for the holograms was created starting with a silicone cast of Reagan’s head that was photographed from various angles with 300 cameras.
Celebrity Taylor Swift Encourages Fans To Vote At AMAs
Taylor Swift kicked off her week with a rare political post on social media, and at the AMA and encourages fans to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.
Rapper Kanye West Visiting President Trump at White House
West will meet with Trump for lunch on Thursday. Press secretary Sarah Sanders said West will also meet with Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.
Pop Music’s Taylor Swift Gets Political and Sets Off Storm
Taylor Swift’s decision to break her silence on politics triggered a storm on Monday, with fans and commentators divided by pop music’s biggest star.
Activist’s Art Offers Rare Glimpse Inside Egypt’s Prisons
Artists just freed after serving a two-year sentence for taking part in a protest has chronicled daily life in his cellblock in sketches and paintings.
Hungarian Human Rights Defender Wins Human Rights Award
The award comes in the wake of an assault on human rights and the rule of law in Hungary including a law criminalizing providing assistance to migrants.
Turkey’s Women Graffiti Artists Shine Amid Growing Repression
Istanbul is seeing an explosion of creative graffiti, with women artists largely behind the blast of color that is sweeping Turkey’s main city.
Are Pro-Democracy People More Likely to Accept Climate Change?
The amazing research news website Science Daily had a fascinating post about a new study linking support for democracy to acceptance of climate change science.
VIDEO: America and the ‘Good Germans’ Who Let Hitler Rise to Power
In his new documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9,” filmmaker Michael Moore looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump.