1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (481+ words) A supporter of Brazil's presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro holds a placard depicting Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes bearing the phrase "Perdeu, mane" ("You lost, fool") during a rally held on Independence Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 7, 2026....

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (897+ words) english.anf-news.com A democratic republic requires the broadest possible alliance Democratic forces must build the broadest possible alliance to achieve democratisation in Turkey. The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) held its ordinary congress, where it announced the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (116+ words) Do you remember that line? It was spoken by The Chimp (he will always be The Chimp) 25 years ago, in the aftermath of what we were assured was a dastardly sneak attack by “Islamic terrorists” on the World Trade Center…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (970+ words) Forty-four per cent for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt is more than another good result for Germany’s far right. It is an electoral earthquake. More than three decades after reunification, a party…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (202+ words) The IADC remains best known for its first article: “The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.” That affirmation, though perhaps taken for granted today, was hard-won…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (536+ words) It’s time to pick up a shovel and stop complaining about the impending death of democracy in America, according to Skye Perryman. The president of Democracy Forward in Washington, D.C., is well known to BNG readers because she is frequently…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (616+ words) “Liberty and democracy are incompatible”. It was Peter Thiel, the superhero of Pay Pal and Palantir Technologies, who thus gave meaning to the offensive against democracy that has been circulating in the United States for some time and that Donald…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (737+ words) Greek politics has never lacked ambition. Across the political spectrum, parties promise to transform the economy, reform the state, improve education, reduce inequality, strengthen institutions and deliver a better future. The political “what” is usually clear. The harder question is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (673+ words) The difficulties of the world’s oldest and largest democracies, the US and India, raise a question more fundamental than how their constitutions might be ‘tweaked.’ Can constitutional design by itself protect democracy against those who acquire power through democratic means…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) SOUTHINGTON, CT — Is the United States a democracy or a republic? With political division and debate at extreme levels nationally, this is a common discussion on forums, chat rooms, and social media. An upcoming Southington Public Library program will examine…...