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Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding

As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most important democracies. Jokowi was first elected, in 2014, on the promise of breaking with the old Jakarta elite and making government more responsive to ordinary people.

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‘Suicide for democracy.’ What is ‘bothsidesism’ – and how is it different from journalistic objectivity?

“Bothsidesism” is a term of disparagement against a form of journalism that presents “both sides” of an issue without any regard for their relative evidentiary merits.

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No one uses electoral college except US

US only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose

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Helldivers 2's massive 63-day overhaul patch is here, bringing an end to a rebalance of "over 70 weapons and Stratagems" while also making certain Terminids explode, for some reason

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This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule of law, and why they are strong in some countries and not others.

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No, the Liberal Party does not have a history of upholding the right to protest in Australia - just look back to the Vietnam War

More than a year after the eruption of conflict between Hamas and Israel, the escalating war in the Middle East is roiling Australian society and politics.

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Former President Trump Suggests Using Military Against 'Enemy From Within'

Former President Trump's controversial remarks on using military against 'radical left lunatics' raise concerns about democracy in the US.

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US elections: here’s what’s at stake for Europe, in 3 key areas

Many pundits are claiming that the 2024 contest will be the most important US election since 1860. Most Europeans would also agree. At stake is not just the future of democracy in America, but arguably the future of the post-World War II international order.

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How did a ‘bank snooping’ scandal ensnare politicians in Italy?

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says her opponents want to derail democracy – but is that true?

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No country still uses an electoral college − except the US

The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five times in the country’s history. The most recent examples are from 2000, when Al Gore won…

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Where do Harris and Trump stand on the key election issues?

From abortion to the economy, the Democrat and Republican have widely diverging visions for the country

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The age factor election

"The president can essentially be fired by the vice president should he become significantly impaired"

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"Citizen Nation": Hope for democracy

The four-part PBS series depicts students from across the country studying the constitution for a contest, and life

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The origins of Trump's "genes" obsession

Trump’s racial purity project echoes our nation’s eugenical past

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Tunisia’s young democracy flounders as its president wins a second term

There was tension hanging in the air as I walked through Tunisia’s capital city, Tunis, in July, just months before the country’s latest presidential election. The conversations I had in cafes and markets confirmed people’s uncertainty and apprehension about the state of their country.

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Outrage fatigue takes its toll on MAGA

Experts on what the "toxicity of Trump’s pathological lying" hides

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Vice President Kamala Harris Emphasizes Stakes In Election

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses voter concerns, praises Biden, criticizes Trump, and emphasizes the importance of upholding democracy in a Univision...

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Why are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?

We’re living in a second Gilded Age of extreme inequality. Kamala Harris’s campaign should strike a more populist note

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Never Trump's revenge arrives on time

Anti-Trump Republicans Rick Wilson and Cheri Jacobus on why prominent Republicans are finally breaking away now

Al Jazeera

Can India’s version of The Onion beat hate with laughter?

Kerala-based humanities student, who prefers to remain anonymous, runs The Savala Vada, a satirical Instagram handle.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan’s President Lai says will ‘resist annexation or encroachment’

In his first National Day speech, new president stresses ‘thriving’ democracy of island claimed by Beijing.

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Deaths And Repression Sideline Suu Kyi's Party Ahead Of Myanmar Vote

Death, detention and dissolution have decimated Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, easing the way for groups backed by Myanmar's ruling military to claim victory at elections expected next year, analysts say.

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Clare Wright’s history of the Bark Petitions is a work of intimate storytelling, written with ‘charismatic authority’

Clare Wright’s Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions – subtitled “how the people of Yirrkala changed the course of Australian democracy” – tells a story that is already well known.

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Cambodia: journalist arrest signals false dawn for democracy as the country slides into authoritarianism

Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist and one of the kingdom’s last remaining independent media voices, was arrested on Monday, September 30. He has been detained over a social media post for “incitement to disturb social security”, and faces up to two years in jail.

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Pro-Palestine Advocacy Groups Slam NSW Premier’s Calls To Block Protests Due To Costs

The premier’s comments show “a troubling disregard for fundamental rights and democracy,” advocates say.

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