Criticism of Democracy

Pennsylvania state Republicans are set to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over his soft-on-crime policy, which they say has fueled the city's record levels of violent crime. Republican Representatives, led by Rep.…

In 1876, English scientist Francis Galton invented the dog whistle. It produced sounds in the ultrasonic range, heard by dogs and cats, but not by humans. The "dog whistle" has also become a common political term for a certain…

Comment this storyCommentThe second round of Brazil's presidential election on October 30 will pit two larger-than-life figures representing opposite ends of the political spectrum against each other: incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro and…

Stressing the need for reforms in judicial appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the procedure of the Collegium system was very opaque and there was "internal politics" in the judiciary. Speaking at 'Sabarmati Samvad',…

“Our Voice” is the editorial section of Voice of the Valley of the Ark. In the news media, we sometimes consider our jobs to be “damned if we do, damned if we don't”. If we cover something, or question something, there are always those who…

The late economist Hyman Minsky is famous for developing the theory that long periods of steady investment gains can foster complacency and thus encourage excessive risk-taking, ultimately leading to a crisis: what was later called the…

Against the backdrop of the epic 20th CPC National Congress held on October 16, China continues to march to become a "modern great socialist country" exercising consultative democracy under the leadership of the Communist Party of China…

A A bipartisan group of senators introduced a resolution condemning the Chinese government's crackdown in Hong Kong and its prosecution of outspoken Catholic Joseph Zen. Zen is pursued by the dominated…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) bragged about how the GOP candidates were doing in the most critical races, ultimately predicting a Senate majority of 'over 52' ​​with some wins deep in the Democratic territory.Then the Republican National Senate…

PANMUNJOM, Korea — Vice President Kamala Harris concluded her four-day trip to Asia with a stop on Thursday at the demilitarized zone dividing the Korean Peninsula as she underlined the United States' "ironclad" commitment to the security…

The UN Security Council has taken no serious action to address the situation in Myanmar after the coup, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Friday, adding that the body's five permanent members…

Can you donate $10 per month to support independent journalism at Democracy Now! throughout the year ? Since our very first broadcast in 1996, we have refused to receive government or corporate funding because nothing is more important…

Ben Judah, the author of "It's London", is a senior researcher at the European Center of the Atlantic Council.King Charles III will surprise us. The man whose family has served as a physical symbol of colonialism has spent his life trying…

The platform that hosts many NFT and cryptocurrency exchanges around the world has just completed one of the trickiest upgrades in modern technology.Now come the really big goals.Earlier this week, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and his…

No president has ever been as obsessed with the media as Donald Trump. His main slur on Twitter was "fake news," which he never tired of directing at the "failing New York Times." He was so consumed by his hatred of the Washington Post…

On September 1 in Philadelphia, US President Joe Biden warned Americans against authoritarian-minded Republicans. Strangely, a slew of liberals as well as conservatives criticized Biden for being "divisive." His speech actually came too…

Attacks on democracy are “very dangerous, and I think it's very harmful. And that makes us weaker,” Harris said. She recalled her time on the Senate Intelligence Committee and said her colleagues on the committee focused on national…

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke out against President Biden's speech, saying 'MAGA Republicans' were a threat to democracy, telling a group of conservative women the speech amounted to a 'campaign rally partisan" which…

Comment this storyCommentSANTIAGO, Chile — For more than four decades, Chile has been governed by a set of principles written by a brutal military dictatorship responsible for torturing and murdering thousands of people.The The 1980…

Dear Editor,Democracy is not just about having or guaranteeing free and fair elections (FFE). The ABCE countries protected the will of the voters in the March 2020 elections. The country is grateful and grateful. Is the FFE the…

DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) — North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley presented herself Monday as…

While Western dynastic politicians downplay their lineage for fear of losing voters, the illustrious children of Pakistani politicians are actively betting on it. Events such as the youngest Bhutto losing two out of three seats in the…

Photos of the statue of Sir Winston Churchill planned for the McDougall Center in Calgary. PHOTO FROM SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SOCIETY OF CALGARY WEBSITE Premier Jason Kenney and Mark Milke, president of Calgary's Sir Winston…

The period between Barack Obama's inauguration as President and the January 6, 2021, uprising on the United States Capitol marked a pivotal time for Black Americans to gain dignity and the ability to fully participate in democracy.Those…

CNN's Brian Stelter defended media criticism during his closing remarks on the latest episode of his "Reliable Sources" program, saying Sunday that "sorting the treasure out of the trash" is crucial. During his final signing of the…

"Our job is far from done," Cheney told supporters Tuesday night in a speech that criticized his party for embracing "dangerous conspiracies" and invoking former President Abraham Lincoln. She said she gave in to Hageman, as early feedback…

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ProvidedCoco Solid asks "Who criticizes who can criticize and why does it matter?"Coco Solid is a writer, artist and musician. Her first novel is How to hang out in a turf war (Random Penguin House). She speaks at the Auckland Writers…

Placeholder while loading article actionsJUNEAU, Alaska — Drag performers strolled along an aisle between cafe tables as cheering patrons took photos, waved money and filled out ballots ranking the shows.The mock election, fueled by…

OJuly 29, La Civilta Cattolica published an interview with Pope Francis that deserves careful reading. The words of the Holy Father which I noted with particular interest imply synodality and dialogue: In 2001, I was rapporteur for the…

Spy crisis over Watergate, calls for more resignations amid reports of 'black activities' and eavesdropping controversy that prompts Greek intelligence chief and head of his personal office to resign within minutes minutes.…

The author is a Supreme Court Advocate and former Additional Attorney General of Pakistan. The constitution entrusts the judiciary with the onerous and sacred duty to uphold the constitution, which includes the fundamental rights…

Launching a scathing attack on the prime minister, former Congress speaker Rahul Gandhi said on…

AdvertisingNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's speech at the China Business Summit in Auckland on Monday was full of soothing words for Beijing.The headline was Ardern's comment that "a few plans are underway" for New Zealand…

An African-American proverb says "if you can't stand something, you'll fall for anything". Dear reader, do you want progressives to have a significant level of influence in the US Congress in the next few years? If so, you can do something!-->…

Comment this storyCommentJudge Samuel A. Alito Jr., in a speech in Rome, dismissed criticism from foreign officials who he said 'castigated' his overturning opinion Roe vs. Wadethe landmark decision that granted a constitutional right to…

YANGON — Myanmar's junta on Tuesday railed against international condemnation of the first use of the death penalty in decades, saying the four executed prisoners, including two prominent democracy fighters, "deserved multiple death…

Shiban Khaibri“There is only one way to avoid criticism;To do nothing, to say nothing and to be nothing..." (Aristotle)Given that most of the opposition parties in the country are seen as!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Comment this storyCommentCHEYENNE, Wyo.– Three weeks before the most important election of her political career, Liz Cheney was nowhere to be found as thousands of voters gathered for a massive midsummer rodeo and cowboy festival in largest…

ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting has come to an end and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on the declining standards of democracy, governance, human rights, media freedom and…

There's a big race open for Michigan's new 13th congressional district, which could be the only one to send a black Detroiter to Congress this year.Why is this important: Black leaders are pushing to elect a Detroiter to the position…

PTI Jaipur, July 16 Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Saturday that political opposition translates into hostility which is not a sign of a…

On July 14, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint strategic statement that underscores the ties between the two countries, pledges to strengthen bilateral cooperation and pledges to prevent Iran…

Democrats and election experts have been sounding the alarm for months over the growing risk of electoral subversion as conspiracy theorists backed by former President Donald Trump run for secretary of state in key…

Russia knows it, and Russia says it. In the latest translation by Russian media watchdog Julia Davis, Russian state television makes its strategy clear to any attentive Westerner: President Biden is ruining Tsar Vlad's dreams of global…

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KARACHI: Calling July 5, 1977 a dark day in the country's history, the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution condemning General Ziaul Haq's military coup amid lack of interest from lawmakers in both sides of the aisle.…

The BJP decided on Sunday to end 'family rule' in Telangana and West Bengal and also form governments in other states that have remained beyond its reach, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging its members to learn from…

Sweden's democracy faces a litmus test over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's demands, which include the extradition of 21 people he says are affiliated with banned groups, a veteran Turkish journalist!-->!-->…

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A former Chinese teacher disappeared on June 6 after being invited by local police to a conference in the city of Handan in northern China's Hebei province. Wang Gang has been an active critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In 2012,…

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Published on: 06/24/2022 - 04:00Amended: 06/24/2022 - 03:58 Kigali (AFP) – A Commonwealth leaders' summit opens in Rwanda on Friday as the host country comes under scrutiny for its…

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is expected to continue presenting…

PRAGUE — A scandal at Prague's town hall prompted the Czech Republic's education minister to resign on Sunday and threatens the stability of the country's coalition government, which came to power on a promise to root out…

Placeholder while loading article actionsA new super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending money to attack former Democratic Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards as she asks voters to return her to Congress…

Jim Kessler, a prominent center-left Third Way strategist, wrote on Twitter that the race demonstrated that "Democrats should take their Latino playbook and throw it in the trash." And Chuck Rocha, the senior campaign adviser for Vermont…

The misalignment of South Africa's foreign policy strategy has recently been the subject of much scrutiny and criticism. Could the issues at stake be due to ambiguities in South African foreign policy or are they due to a…

Thomas BenkeBenke is president of the Portland Khabarovsk Sister City Association. He lives in Portland.Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on several US cities, including Portland, not to sever their ties…

CNN — The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is holding its first prime-time public hearing on…

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Myanmar's military junta said on Friday it would execute four people. Among the four are Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, and pro-democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, better known as…

Commission reaches agreement with Poland to release recovery funds Given that Hungary's main objective in its standoff with Brussels is to get the EU to release funds that have been withheld due to alleged rule of law violations, it is…

Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Across the Kakhovka reservoir, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - the largest in Europe - looks like a fortress,!-->…

JAKARTA, May 30 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration is in hot water after appointing a senior Indonesian military!-->…

Despite his Partygate issues with Sue Gray's report on Downing Street parties at home, the Prime Minister's stash in America is high and he is the first choice among world leaders as an alternative US president. The US monthly poll by the…

As one enters the premises of Parliament, from the entry point, where the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar stands staring staring at the oval structure in front, to the corridors of the Parliament Library Building, the Annex Building and of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats, business and liberal media have repeatedly decried the Election Integrity Act passed by Republicans in Georgia as the next Jim Crow, but Peach State is now seeing record early voting…

The ballot counting debacle in Clackamas County has infuriated voters, drawn criticism from elected officials and left several races in limbo as authorities slowly process tens of thousands of misprinted ballots by hand. But the person at…

Senator Bernie Sanders doubled down on his criticism of the US Israel Public Affairs Committee and its newly created super PAC on Friday, recounting The New York Times that the powerful anti-Palestinian lobby group's incursion into the…

The Supreme Court's interim order to suspend criminal proceedings in cases reserved under Article 124 A of the ICC did not come a day earlier. The gratuitous exercise of this strict provision which directly impinges…

Ottawa – As Jagmeet Singh left a campaign office in Peterborough on Tuesday, confronted by a crowd hurling death threats and swear words, the NDP leader felt he was suffering the effects of an illness that afflicts many our democracy more…

The spate of military takeovers and coup attempts across Africa over the past two years has led to speculation in some quarters of a "widespread return to military rule" or "coup contagion". 'state' on the continent. In August…

Placeholder while loading article actionsSEOUL, South Korea — Former chief prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol takes office as South Korea's president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges than other recent South…

The criticism of the Shin Bet following the latest terrorist wave is legitimate. It is fair to doubt the decision-making process of the security body that granted Palestinian Sheikh Raed Salah, who served 17 months in prison for incitement…

The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade felt like a tsunami as the news spread across the country. The shock was not only the way the draft opinion unceremoniously abandoned a landmark decision…

A military-run court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison on Wednesday after convicting her in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, a source familiar with the news said. procedure.The Nobel…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for acting to protect democracy. Zelensky was chosen because of how he…

Activist Tam Tak-chi was one of the defendants in the city's first sedition trial since its handover to China in 1997.Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and radio DJ Tam Tak-chi has been sentenced to 40 months in prison after being found…

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Role of prosecutionsRuling party defies critics to speed sweeping prosecution transformation The ruling Democratic Party of Korea is accelerating its move to strip prosecutions of all investigative powers – a hotly debated issue that has…

By KATHY GANNON, Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's embattled prime minister faces a tough no-confidence vote Saturday brought in by his political opponents, who say they have the votes to defeat him.A combined opposition that…

Media critic Eric Boehlert was killed Monday night following a bicycle collision in New Jersey at the age of 57. Boehlert, founder of media blog Press Run, was hit by a train in New Jersey, according to his wife, who confirmed his…

The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution expressing support for NATO. The resolution passed 362 votes to 63, with the support of 143 Republicans…

Although Gandhi has been relatively more active in parliament in recent weeks than in the previous decade, she has also been more involved in the internal affairs of her organization. On the same day she met Stalin, Gandhi also!-->…

The head of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, General Abdelfattah El Burhan, has threatened to expel the head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, accusing him of having…

Qatar 2022 World Cup: We are ready to welcome the worldThe general secretary of the Qatar 2022 World Cup has said criticism from players and coaches is "misinformed" and the nation "should not apologize" for hosting the tournament.Qatar has…

Budapest (AFP) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban describes his 12 years in power as a "conservative revolution", transforming his country into an "illiberal democracy". His detractors,…

LIBERTY, Mo. — A man who runs a little-known, low-budget radio station in suburban Kansas City says he champions free speech and alternative viewpoints when airing government-sponsored programming. Russian State in the Midst of the…

Mykola Riabchuk is a Ukrainian author and political analyst who has written extensively on Ukrainian national identity issues. Riabchuk, who is based in Paris, spoke to me earlier this week about the Russian invasion of his country and his…

Tens of thousands of Muslims across the subcontinent were filled with hope and determination on March 23, 1940, when the "Lahore Resolution" declared the formation of a nation state. From March 23 to 25, 1940, the Muslim League, led…

South Korean voters elected Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People…

Dr. Satwant Singh RissamThe results of the assembly polls are out and in some ways these results are also a reflection of the democratic system in India and its deeper!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Jesse Ventura on RT: An informative, provocative and often funny show Dissent and critical thinking are especially needed in times of war. Yet this is precisely when people are most driven to silence their doubts, mindlessly conform,…

PictureA polling station in Seoul on Wednesday. South Koreans vote for a new president every five years.Credit...Woohae Cho for The New York TimesSEOUL — South Koreans head to the polls on Wednesday to vote in one of the most contested…

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of expanding the conversation about how public policy affects the daily lives of people across our state. Hayley Spellman is…

IIt's a funny time to be a pacifist in Britain. Everywhere there are calls for an end to the war in Ukraine: from politicians to Premier League footballers to pleas for peace hand-painted on people's shop windows. The illegitimacy and…

Decisions made by Washington and Beijing in the coming months could have an outsized influence on the trajectory of US-China relations, and even the international system, for decades to come. Basically, the question facing the two…

Elections for 108 civic bodies across West Bengal were held on February 27 amid allegations of widespread violence and electoral malfeasance. Not only were opposition candidates reportedly attacked by members of Congress from the ruling…

On the stage in a glowing, white and blue hotel ballroom, Ron DeSantis reminisced about his days in Congress and a book he had written about America's problems. It was "read by a dozen people," the Florida governor said with rare…

ILike any guest with £18billion to spend, Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov had no problem building himself a comfortable second home in Britain, wrote Colin Freeman. Or, to be precise, two second homes – the metals mogul divides his time…

Phil Mickelson apologized on Tuesday for comments about Saudi Arabia which he thought were off the record, and said he needed "some time" away from professional golf.Catch up fast: Mickelson landed in hot water last week when an excerpt…

The sun shone as families walked down the street in Kiev, past trees adorned with paper angels and flowers dotting the ground. Children clutched red carnations and candles, placing them next to a series of austere portraits running along…

This week marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's second acquittal. The anniversary has been overlooked as war looms in Europe and the former president remains in legal jeopardy. But remember Trump's 2021 trial and…

VideoDeputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government would step up oversight of crowdfunding platforms that have been used to support protests against Covid restrictions.CreditCredit...Blair Gable/ReutersNew details about the…

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian attack helicopters were spotted a few miles from his country's borders on Sunday. The last threads of diplomacy were fraying. The allies evacuated their embassies, airlines canceled flights and a large number of…

South Africans on Friday celebrated the 32nd anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, credited with paving the way for a democratic transition ending white minority rule.Activist and lawyer Mandela had spent 27 years in prison…

Republicans are in the fight of their lives for the soul of their party, a fight that will have profound implications for our democracy. Three sides emerged: the good, the bad and the ugly. First, there are the villains, also known as…

As Senate Democrats scramble to push through their legislative agenda as the midterm elections fast approach, they have considered the nuclear option — abolishing the Senate filibuster. The death of the filibuster would leave them free to…

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