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Republican Jefferson Griffin, who lost a state supreme court race to Democrat Allison Riggs, is trying to flip the outcome

From trade wars to constitutional crisis, Trump gains more corrupt power as critics remain distracted

A history scholar convicted of spying on Chinese dissidents by ingratiating himself as a sympathizer has been spared prison time by a U.S. judge

We all have heard this oft-repeated phrase: “India is the biggest democracy in the world.” But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find it resembles less a republic and more a fiefdom – run by a handful of upper-caste, upper-class Indians who, although numerically a minority, continue to dominate nearly…

A wave of restrictions on protesting has been rippling through Australia’s top universities.

Voting isn't nearly enough — we need a communal process for democratic decision-making. Just ask the Athenians

Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party has received its members’ mandate to proceed with steps toward a potential disbandment, part of the erosion of political freedoms as China cracks down on dissent in the southern city

The open door of American democracy is slamming shut faster and louder than we could have imagined

Under heavy skies, the minibus carrying Hong Kong politician Emily Lau rattles along a winding mountain road to Stanley Prison for a visit she finds all too familiar.