The Latest Breaking News from Democracy

My Park Slope Food Coop conspiracy blues

It's easy to fall into conspiratorial thinking, as I learned when my peers thought I had much more power than I did

Salon · Apr 23, 2022

Historians to Trump: You're fired!

"The Presidency of Donald J. Trump" offers a wealth of valuable perspectives — but fails to measure the danger

Salon · Apr 23, 2022

Maher: "Democracy dies in plain sight"

On "Real Time With Bill Maher," the host talks about democracy as being a luxury many Americans see as unaffordable

Salon · Apr 23, 2022

‘Democracy in Florida is not functioning.’ Governor’s rigged maps rob Black voters of power

Governor Ron DeSantis’s redistricting gambit means ‘for all intents and purposes, there’s currently … one-man rule’, says one former GOP strategist

The Guardian - US · Apr 23, 2022

Scottish Labour opposition to indyref2 not "viable" says country's top trade unionist

Roz Foyer said there is a “policy difference” between the Labour party and wider Labour movement on a referendum

Daily Record · Apr 23, 2022

French polls may show support for local control

The problems with these dismal elections are many -- low turnout, moribund public debate, the popularity of politicians running as Putinist populists, and an uninspiring incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron. But at the heart of the French democratic recession is a void where local democracy should be.

Bangkok Post · Apr 22, 2022

Art museums and the craft of democracy

The current regime must check whether its Raisina Hill project meets the obligation of promoting democratic principles

The Hindu · Apr 22, 2022

Trump sabotages McCarthy — and the GOP

Kevin McCarthy's post-insurrection journey reflects the larger anti-democratic shift among GOP voters

Salon · Apr 22, 2022

Brazil opposition party files complaint against Bolsonaro's pardon for ally

An opposition party on Friday filed a constitutional complaint at Brazil's Supreme Court against a pardon granted by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to an ally who the court sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for anti-democratic threats.

Reuters · Apr 22, 2022

Boris Johnson meets India’s PM Narendra Modi for talks in New Delhi amid partygate storm

The Prime Minister noted he would not get the same ‘fantastic welcome’ everywhere as he was greeted with a military ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential residence

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2022