Biden says passions are running high: ‘Time to cool it down’
WASHINGTON — President Biden warned Sunday of the risks of political violence in the U.S. after Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Trump, saying, “It’s time…
Trump to attend Republican National Convention despite injuries
Despite sustaining injuries in a shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign has confirmed that he will still be…
Christian nationalism is emerging as an overt threat to democracy
Last week, Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley admitted something that might have once shocked his party.“Some will say I’m calling America a Christian nation,” Hawley…
Opinion: We have to destroy the Republican Party to save it
This week in Milwaukee, the Republican Party will officially nominate for president a man of damnable firsts — first president to be impeached twice, first…
Palestinian Reform Redux – Modern Diplomacy
Mark Twain wrote that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Anyone observing the current unraveling in the Israeli-Palestinian arena would grasp Twain’s tragic…
The 2021 Myanmar Coup: Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights Violations, and International Response
The Myanmar Military Coup D’etat that happened on February 1, 2021, has since marked a significant change in the country’s stability and political landscape, overturning…
Opinion: Europe and NATO can’t help the U.S. counter China. Here’s why
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision.…
Pope says democracy ‘not in good health’ as he warns against populists | Politics News
At an event in northeast Italy, Pope Francis says a ‘crisis of democracy’ is having an impact on several nations around the world.Pope Francis has…
Silencing the Messenger: Pakistan’s Press Freedom in Downward Spiral
From surveillance and coercion to physical violence and online abuse, methods used to suppress unwanted truth-telling have evolved. Recently, a new weapon has been added…
Coalition Government: A test for South Africa’s democracy
Despite the alarming struggle for control and influence among South African political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) headed by Cyril Ramaphosa has finally constituted…
Biden honors U.S. war dead with a cemetery visit that served as a rebuke to Trump
BELLEAU, France — President Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped visiting…
The World’s Largest Democracy Holds an Election
The largest democracy in the world has had the largest election in the world (642 million voted). And Mr. Modi has won another term in…
Spivak, politics of pronunciation, and the search for a just democracy | Opinions
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, the noted postcolonial scholar and global public intellectual, is perhaps best known for her piece, “Can the subaltern speak?,” in which she…
In Normandy, Biden looks to inspire push for democracy abroad, at home
POINTE DU HOC, France — President Biden on Friday looked to summon Americans to defend democracy from threats at home and abroad — and cast an…
Opinion: Helping Ukraine to strike inside Russia is already paying off
President Biden made the right call last week when he allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons to hit targets inside Russia. Although the actions are…
How queer people of color make U.S. democracy more just
When I was 33 years old, I realized I was a coward. It came all at once, like a punch to the gut, the first…
Mexico’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum is historic but foreboding
Mexico City mayoral candidate Santiago Taboada quoted the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda on social media recently: “They can cut all the flowers, but they can’t…
What happens after the Trump verdict will test American democracy
The verdict is in. Former President Trump was found guilty Thursday of all 34 felony counts against him in the New York hush money case…
Haaretz stories cast doubt on health of Israel’s ‘democracy’ | Censorship News
Israeli newspaper Haaretz has published two eyebrow-raising pieces in a row that cast doubts on Israel’s democratic norms. On Wednesday, it published an opinion piece…
Opinion: ‘Zuckerbucks’ make elections more secure, no matter what red states say
Democracy isn’t free. Tell that to the more than half the states that have banned or limited donations to the roughly 8,000 county and municipal…