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Guardian US expands democracy coverage with the appointment of a democracy correspondent and wider team to examine threats to democracy in America

Guardian US today announces the expansion of its democracy coverage, a new multi-year series named The fight for democracy, and the appointment of Guardian US reporter Sam Levine as senior democracy correspondent.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

Democracy, poisoned: America’s elections are being attacked at every level

In the first of a new series, we look at how November’s midterm elections could be an inflection point as election deniers seek to take control of the vote counting process

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2022

Commentary: Fentanyl feels like the monster coming for our kids. How do parents talk about it?

It’s been a banner few years for parents having to talk about deadly things with their children. A pandemic. Mass shootings. Climate change. The end of democracy.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 4, 2022

The tough road to democratisation

Taiwan has been hailed as a textbook example of a successful transition to democracy. At the end of the civil war in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), lost to Mao Zedong's communist forces and fled to the island. After almost four decades of martial law until 1987,…

Bangkok Post · Oct 2, 2022

Foundation stone laid for Basava Bhavan at Kokapet

Basaveshwara first to profess democracy, equality in society: Harish Rao

The Hindu · Oct 2, 2022

Will election conspiracy theories cause permanent damage to democracy in Kansas?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In early September, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden spoke with a group of Johnson County conservatives known as the “Liberty People” about his efforts to investigate voter fraud.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022

Russia faces new battlefield setback and Jair Bolsonaro could 'subvert democracy'

WITH every day that passes the war in Ukraine deepens and its ram­ifications widen. Around the same time on Friday that Russian president Vladimir…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022

Polls put Lula on brink of comeback victory over Bolsonaro in Brazil

But hopes leftwing former president will defeat Jair Bolsonaro tempered by fear a runoff contest could mean weeks of turmoil and violence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Brazilians go to the polls, with Lula tipped to beat Bolsonaro

More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy.

WEKU · Oct 2, 2022

US supreme court to decide cases with ‘monumental’ impact on democracy

Many fear the potential for extreme rightwing rulings on topics ranging from affirmative action to voting rights

The Guardian - US · Oct 2, 2022