NAACP's leader on democracy Endurance, not despair, will decide democracy’s future — and "Black America has been here before" Salon · Feb 8
As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks The Guardian - US · Feb 8
Parliament and parenthood: MPs juggle work, family life Australian parliaments are navigating the need to provide family-friendly workplaces and facilitate democracy as MPs share their approaches to parental leave. AAP · Feb 7
Alarm bells sound over Trump’s ‘take over the voting’ call Democracy experts say there is little doubt about president’s desire to interfere in elections this November The Guardian - US · Feb 7
Hafta 575: The Naravane book row, WaPo layoffs, and TM Krishna on ‘making democracy a culture’ This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by musician and author T.M. Krishna and defence analyst Ajai Shukla for a conversation that spans Parliament flashpoints, billionaire ownership in journalism, and the deeper cultural fight over India’s national symbols. Newslaundry · Feb 7
The pro-democracy People’s party is leading the polls, but Thailand has been here before Youthful leader feels he can bring change this election despite the fate of its 2023 predecessor, Move Forward, which was dissolved by authorities The Guardian - UK · Feb 7
There’s a competition crisis in America’s state legislatures – and that’s bad for democracy Many Americans report frustration with the two-party system, in which the Democratic and Republican candidates are seen as the only viable options for elective office. The Conversation · Feb 6
Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney paid firm to investigate journalists Labour Together hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations, documents suggest The Guardian - UK · Feb 6
Epstein files: who decides what information is released to the public? One of the hardest tasks of any government in a democracy is balancing the right to know against the need to know. Just because the public wants to know something doesn’t necessarily mean that they should. But without this access to information, how can voters make informed choices and the… The Conversation · Feb 5
We can reverse America’s decline It is not good enough just to criticize Trump. We must offer a positive vision that will improve the lives of Americans The Guardian - US · Feb 5
What is happening in Fulton county is a warning to America The FBI raid in Georgia is not an aberration. It fits a broader playbook, with troubling historic precedents The Guardian - US · Feb 4
Is CEO activism threatening democracy? Intervening in the boardroom alone no longer seems to be enough for a good number of CEOs who are becoming increasingly vocal about politics. The most prominent example is Elon Musk, who publicly endorsed Donald Trump during the 2024 US presidential election campaign and later accepted a government role offered… The Conversation · Feb 4
Can Trump nationalize elections? What president’s latest bid to transform US democracy means 'What he is saying is outlandishly illegal', says Chuck Schumer after president urges 'takeover' of electoral administration The Independent UK · Feb 4
When Maga oligarchs control the platforms, it isn’t really a debate about ‘free speech’ Moves to ban under-16s from social media should raise deeper questions about who controls democracy’s digital infrastructure, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Feb 4
GamesRadar · Feb 3 Helldivers 2 grunts, your tank awaits: Completely "pancake" Automatons threatening democracy with "new heavy-hitting" Bastion Tank "In the wrong hands this symbol of peace would become a weapon of total annihilation – a threat to freedom itself"
The Guardian - US · Feb 3 Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong
The Conversation · Feb 3 The Voice would have renewed Australian democracy. Its failure leaves us all worse off There’s long been a fundamental issue underpinning Australia’s approach to Indigenous affairs. The state makes laws specifically about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples without any protected mechanism giving them a say in the process.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31 Alarm raised over Chinese CCTV cameras guarding ‘symbol of democracy’ Magna Carta Campaigners criticise use of ‘vulnerable’ devices at Salisbury Cathedral and Parthenon despite their removal from sensitive UK government sites
Reason · Jan 30 "To Buckley v. Valeo: The Decision that Saved Democracy," by Bradley A. Smith "The Court's defense of political speech remains essential to American democracy five decades later."
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28 Can Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez become a Latin American Deng Xiaoping? Maduro’s Sorbonne-educated successor is talking up an era of ‘reform and opening up’ modelled on China’s post-Mao boom
Reason · Jan 27 Israeli-American Doctor's Federal Conspiracy Claim Against CAIR and Other Critics Can Go Forward for Now From today's decision by Judge Thomas Thrash (N.D. Ga.) in Winer v. Mohammad: This action arises out of alleged defamatory… The post Israeli-American Doctor's Federal Conspiracy Claim Against CAIR and Other Critics Can Go Forward for Now appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jan 27 "Celebrating Buckley v. Valeo: A Landmark of Political Freedom," by Joel M. Gora "An original Buckley litigator shares the inside story of one of America’s most important political speech victories."
Fortune · Jan 26 Prediction markets can take bets on outlandish events that ‘get laundered into legitimacy,’ Gen Z’s favorite economic commentator warns “Legitimacy increasingly flows to whoever processes uncertainty first. Markets have optimized for speed. Democracy has been designed for deliberation.”
Euronews · Jan 26 Is EU democracy under pressure? Foreign information manipulation emerges as second biggest threat A recent Eurobarometer survey ranked ‘’foreign information manipulation, interference and disinformation, including in the context of elections’ as the second most serious challenge to democracy in the EU. Experts say these perceptions should be interpreted with caution.
Salon · Jan 25 Do Americans want a dictator? Maybe Amid his incoherent Davos ramblings, our unhinged president offers troubling nuggets of truth