23+ hour, 41+ min ago   (444+ words) A retired IPS officer critically examines the state of Indian democracy, discussing the dilution of grassroots governance, the impact of political centralization, and the need to preserve local self-rule. Let us stay away from de-democratisation Many people opine that democracy…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (635+ words) The Fresno City College Social Justice Center invited author and educator Melissa Dalton Bradford to discuss her new book “How to Save Democracy: Your Anti-Authoritarian Playbook” in the Old Administration Building on Sept. 9. During her talk, Bradford said she believes…...

3+ day, 7+ 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....

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (696+ words) Virtually everyone in their mid-30s or older remembers where they were when they heard that an airplane struck the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. I was in a hotel gym in Slovakia; it took two weeks to get…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (114+ words) Who is funding UK's far right? Danny Tommo's US, Israel links 2 arrested by UK police over suspected offences relating to Iran Ralph Lauren faces boycott calls over Gal Gadot campaign Iran nuclear file is back at the UN Security Council....

4+ day, 11+ 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…...

4+ day, 8+ 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…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (820+ words) As Americans approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, many in our country want us to pretend that the greatest attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor never happened. They want us to look away from the 19 Muslim terrorists who flew planes…...

1+ week, 3+ 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, 6+ 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…...