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A new change to Meta’s apps will see users no longer recommended political content by default. The ramifications of this will be far-reaching.
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part because of her resistance to racist voting laws in Mississippi.
What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those who think the 2020 election was stolen?
Many western governments have called Putin’s election ‘illegitimate’. Now they need to adjust their diplomatic relations accordingly.
With the conduct of the 24 March elections, Senegal’s President Macky Sall appears to have saved his legacy.
In the early 2000s, Jon Stewart perfected the art of ironic satire, playfully critiquing politicians, political institutions, the press and the public. What’s his role now?
Voters frustrated by statehouse politics are bypassing elected representatives and enacting laws using direct democracy to preserve abortion rights, raise the minimum wage and rein in state spending.
In the space of two decades, Hong Kong’s liberal constitutional order has been transformed into a security regime that grants citizens few civil liberties
The parallels between Trump and Nixon are abundantly clear. Yet even Nixon acknowledged the fundamental importance of accountability in a democracy.
Algorithms that amplify or suppress particular kinds of messages should be seen as a source of harm.
There are potential threats to US democracy posed by the choices voters make in this presidential election. But the benefits of American democracy have for centuries been unequally available.
It is feared that the current violence against political opposition in Chad could signal the beginning of another long term dictatorship.
Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
We are living in an era of democratic backsliding. It is becoming increasingly vital to improve the quality of elections.
Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But the work of others, from lawmakers to judges to regular citizens, stopped him. There are cautionary lessons in that for the 2024 election.
The laws around protest have rarely been tougher – so we have to wonder why the government is seeking more power by redefining what extremism means.
Recent laws and pro-Putin sentiment by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have sparked concern that the Central Asian country is backsliding on democracy.
One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace similar antidemocratic politics?
The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
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