Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy

TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared notes on the news of the day and I am always particularly attentive to her thoughts on state structure and power. So I asked her to write out her comments in …

Ten years on, New Democracy denounces ‘referendum of shame’

POLITICS Greece’s ruling New Democracy party commented on the 10th anniversary of the 2015 bailout referendum with a social media post on Saturday, criticising the political leadership at the time over its handling of the crisis. Greek voters had …

Ghana: A Janus-faced democracy

Ghana is constitutionally a liberal democracy, following a referendum in April 1992. Many observers outside Ghana regard the country as a rare regional phenomenon: a consolidated liberal democracy. Many Ghanaians, however, do not believe that the country’s …

In a democracy, protest is good for the soul, even if it does not change anyone’s mind

For the last several months, I have organized a weekly “Stand-Up for Democracy” rally/protest on the busiest street corner in my hometown. On Fridays at 5:30 pm., students, teachers, townspeople, and senior citizens come together, hold signs, and wave …

Republicans will die with Trump, or democracy will die with them

Republicans in Congress have just passed Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Widely dubbed the cruelest piece of legislation in US history since the Civil War, it will: Remove over $1 trillion from Medicaid, which will leave 12 to 14 million Americans …

Democracy in Dialogue project at BPL provides education and creative expression

Burlington notables, and interesting “only found here” places will grace a wall in the teen area of the Burlington Public Library thanks to student volunteers with an interest in history and art. The Burlington Public Library was one of 10 organizations …

Democracy is dying in America, and resistance begins with language. Authoritarian regimes don’t always show up waving ...

Bulgarian Journalist Slams Macedonian Regime: 'This Is Not a Democracy'

Bulgarian journalist Lyubcho Neshkov offered a pointed analysis of North Macedonia’s political landscape during a Nova TV interview. He described the controversy over the European Parliament’s draft report on Macedonian identity as a distraction from …

Katie Drummond: ‘Democracy in the US is under threat. And that threat is facilitated by technology and the makers of ...

The offices of the Condé Nast publishing group are located in One World Trade Center in New York City, next to the site where the Twin Towers collapsed. EL PAÍS has a meeting scheduled with Katie Drummond in a room that overlooks Manhattan’s financial …

Lost Jefferson letter on arms and democracy resurfaces for Fourth of July sale

A rare, handwritten letter by Thomas Jefferson, in which the founding father and third president expounds the right of citizens to bear arms in a revolutionary cause, has been uncovered in New England and offered for sale to mark the Fourth of July holiday …