What began as a regional rebuttal to liberalism has evolved into a global script for authoritarian regimes resisting ...

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However, the Yale example has a certain similarity to the way governmental elites restrict the choice of voters in European nations, even while deeming themselves guardians of “democracy.” ...

As I experience the daily destruction of our democracy by President Donald Trump and his henchmen and women, I am reminded of the warning offered by Mahatma Gandhi years ago. Gandhi said the ...

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Murphy said he believes Democrats have to make the destruction of Democracy their top issue when taking on President Donald Trump. “I believe there’s no guarantee that we are gonna have a free ...

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These memories have led to ambivalence about democracy. Declaring a quarter of the country so extreme that the other three-quarters cannot be trusted to defeat it reflects this insecurity.

The IEC may be elitist but it is democratic: a delegated democracy. It will never be adopted. It’s much too sensible. But one can dream.