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Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope

President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world.

The Conversation

How to survive the culture wars

Author Justin Gest on why Americans need to start communicating with one another again

Salon

Biden commemorates "Bloody Sunday" in Selma by pushing voting rights reform

"Selma is a reckoning. The right to vote and to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty," the president said Sunday.

Axios

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The Guardian view on local journalism’s decline: bad news for democracy

Editorial: The lack of reliable information not only weakens communities, but allows disinformation to flourish

The Guardian - UK

The perils of populism

The upcoming election isn't only inducing the spirit of democracy as well as sheer excitement over the pending political dramas and rivalries. It is also taking us back to populism -- a political approach that tries to win over the hearts of ordinary people who feel their concerns have been…

Bangkok Post

Biden backs GOP effort on justice reform

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

Salon

Mexico protests: fears for democracy prompt mass demonstrations

Electoral reforms proposed by the Mexican government have sparked huge protests across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities in opposition to legislation passed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The reform will slash funding to the…

The Conversation

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Review: Are Memes Upending Democracy?

In Meme Wars, so-called "disinformation" experts call for the suppression of more ideas and speakers to protect democracy.

Reason

Mexico polls a lesson for the rest of the world

Where might we find a way to restore trust in our democracy?

Bangkok Post

Former SNP chief whip calls for social democracy to be focus of leadership race

A FORMER SNP chief whip has urged leadership candidates to set out their stall on social democracy and make clear how their policies will enhance…

The National (Scotland)

China’s Election Meddling: Canadians Deserve a Serious Response

The last thing the country needs is a half-hearted approach to protecting our democracy

The Walrus

Cambodian opposition leader set for treason trial verdict

Cambodia’s beleaguered pro-democracy forces face another day of reckoning, as the country’s most prominent opposition politician not in exile is scheduled to hear the verdict in his trial for treason

The Independent UK

Crime and No Punishment

How impunity fosters instability.

Foreign Affairs

'What is a democracy sausage?': SBS foodie stars in Canberra for Great Australian Bites

Their new show will screen on SBS later this year

The Canberra Times

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Salon

Republicans' pro-Putin plan: racism

The GOP's "welfare queen" attack on Zelenskyy makes clear a much larger dynamic at play in Ukraine war

France 24

Nigeria's ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu won Nigeria's highly disputed weekend election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday, securing the former Lagos governor the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy.

Al Jazeera

Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

The Independent UK

Mexican president: Mexico has more democracy than US

Mexico's president says his country is more democratic than the United States

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The Conversation

Could Joe Biden be the most consequential American president of our times?

Speculation over US President Joe Biden’s intention to run for office again is reaching fever pitch. Biden is, reportedly, on the verge of announcing he will indeed seek reelection. Opinion pieces are being churned out at a rapid clip. Polls are being commissioned with a feverish intensity.

The Independent UK

Mexican president disparages pro-democracy demonstrators

Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at demonstrators who protested cuts to election funding over the weekend, belittling their concerns about threats to democracy and dashing any hopes that he would try to ease rising political tensions

Caixin Global

Editorial: How to Be Problem-Oriented in Institutional Reform

Reforms of governmental institutions should take into account of current economic challenges, such as shrinking demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations, and be driven by efficiency concerns and common values, including peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom

WEKU

Tens of thousands protest Mexico's electoral law changes

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's electoral law changes they say threaten democracy.

Los Angeles Times

Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy

MEXICO CITY — Juan Manuel Martinez remembers the days when he would vote in Mexico’s elections with no confidence that they were being run fairly.

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands protest Mexico electoral reforms

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza to protest electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy

Reuters

Mexicans turn out in droves to protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at risk

Huge crowds gathered in Mexico on Sunday to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protest so far against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration.

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