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Can Obama magic charm Democrats to the polls in crucial midterms?

The ex-president remains his party’s rock star and is touring key states to fire up voters – but his midterms record is far from flawless

The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2022

Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats

At times these days, it can feel like the United States is on edge about threats to American democracy

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

Speak out and write: It’s essential to our democracy.

If all of us publicly express our views, our currently jeopardized democracy will survive and thrive. Without engagement there is no possibility for persuasion and change — and hence little chance our democracy will survive.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 29, 2022

American voters are angry – that is a good thing for voter turnout, bad thing for democracy

Regardless of whether they live in a red state or a blue state, identify as Democrats or Republicans, or claim to be ideologically liberal or conservative, Americans have one thing in common.

The Conversation · Oct 28, 2022

What to know about Brazil's election as Bolsonaro faces Lula, with major world impacts

Brazilians head to the polls Sunday to vote in a presidential election that is testing the world's fourth-largest democracy and could have a critical impact on the fight against climate change.

WEKU · Oct 28, 2022

Democrats cautiously campaign on Jan. 6, democracy threats

Democrats running for office this year in Republican-leaning areas or swing states are grappling with how much they should talk about the Jan. 6 insurrection, if at all

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

An unearthed John Steinbeck column probes the strength of U.S. democracy

Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck wrote about his homeland in Le Figaro.

WEKU · Oct 28, 2022

Lost John Steinbeck essay about American democracy published

How About McCarthyism? was originally published in France in 1954 and its warning of ‘the taking of power by a self-interested group’ has now been translated

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy

Debates over the future of democracy aren't new

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Election deniers already are disrupting the midterm election

Two years of sustained disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election are causing disruptions and instability as early voting for the midterm election continues in most states.

Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022