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OPEC's October surprise: Gift to GOP

Who benefits from higher oil prices and a new spike in inflation? Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy, for starters

Salon

The US Capitol riot in the making: How months of budding discontent boiled over

It was an unprecedented attack on the peaceful transition of power that had defined democracy in the United States for more than two centuries. On January 6, 2021, a mob of Donald Trump supporters besieged the US Capitol in rioting that ultimately killed five people. War reporter Luke Mogelson was…

France 24

NPR poll shows Biden's approval rating is up but there are warning signs for Democrats

The president's approval rating is up to 44%, but 7-in-10 people say the country is going in the wrong direction, and young and Black voters are among the least likely to vote this fall.

WEKU

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Commentary: The threat to democracy that no one’s talking about

Few people would characterize the conservative South as enlightened when it comes to electoral politics. But the truth is that in some respects it is more advanced than many Democratic strongholds. While states like Oregon and New York continue to employ closed party primary elections, even as the electorate becomes…

Tribune News Service

US could ease Venezuela sanctions, allow Chevron to pump oil: WSJ

Biden administration preparing to ease sanctions if Caracas takes steps towards restoring democracy, report says.

Al Jazeera

Liz Cheney says Arizona GOP candidates threaten democracy

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they don’t like the results

The Independent UK

Ford offers $80 million to fight global authoritarianism

The Ford Foundation will commit $80 million over the next five years to work that strengthens nonprofits fighting against authoritarian regimes

The Independent UK

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Spain passes law to bring ‘justice’ to Franco-era victims

Measures include creation of census and national DNA bank to help locate and identify remains

The Guardian - UK

Jailed under Duterte, Philippine politician sends dire warnings on democracy

Supporters say Leila de Lima is a human rights defender still paying the price for speaking out against the abuses of the former president's drug war.

WEKU

Where are Auckland’s voters?

Daily voter turnout data paints a grim picture for local democracy in Auckland, where each election sees fewer and fewer people return to the figurative ballot box

Newsroom.co.nz

What is MAGA in 2022? Toxic nostalgia

Trump's core loyalists are older, less educated, more Southern, more Christian — and driven by resentment

Salon

Michael Hiltzik: How did America get addicted to a policy that fails everyone but the rich?

Here's the central riddle of U.S. politics since the Great Depression:

Los Angeles Times

Can Biden save democracy one US factory job at a time?

President Joe Biden is working to create a manufacturing revival

The Independent UK

Supreme Court should find UK ‘undermining democracy’ in indyref2 case, experts say

THE Supreme Court may decide that Scotland does not have the power to hold indyref2 – but it should also conclude the UK Government is…

The National (Scotland)

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The Conversation

Another stress test for democracy: The imminent election crisis in Brazil

Brazilians have gone to the polls to cast their ballots in the first round of the country’s presidential election. No clear winner has emerged under Brazilian electoral requirements, so there will be another round of voting on Oct. 30.

Newsroom.co.nz

Most council candidates would maintain or expand co-governance with Māori

A Newsroom survey of local election contenders reveals unexpected support to expand co-governance with iwi Māori – and already, some councils are embracing those principles.

The Independent UK

White House unveils artificial intelligence 'Bill of Rights'

The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals Tuesday to align artificial intelligence-powered tools with what it calls the values of Democracy and equity, including guidelines for how to protect people’s personal data and limit surveillance

Salon

"Executive privilege" and other lies

Prosecuting Trump is important — but not as important as literacy, critical thinking and understanding history

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The Guardian - US

How whiteness poses the greatest threat to US democracy

People forget that championing whiteness is what makes Trump powerful

The Guardian - UK

Guardian US expands democracy coverage with the appointment of a democracy correspondent and wider team to examine threats to democracy in America

Guardian US today announces the expansion of its democracy coverage, a new multi-year series named The fight for democracy, and the appointment of Guardian US reporter Sam Levine as senior democracy correspondent.

The Guardian - US

Democracy, poisoned: America’s elections are being attacked at every level

In the first of a new series, we look at how November’s midterm elections could be an inflection point as election deniers seek to take control of the vote counting process

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Fentanyl feels like the monster coming for our kids. How do parents talk about it?

It’s been a banner few years for parents having to talk about deadly things with their children. A pandemic. Mass shootings. Climate change. The end of democracy.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Why it matters that Gen Z voters are not a monolith

Some editorial writers are keen to describe the looming midterms as "the inflation election." Then again, their average readers are millionaires by household net worth. They skew 62 percent male and in their 40s. The last time I checked, the great thing about America is that it's a democracy. It…

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6? Climate change? War in Europe? The voters have other things on their minds

The Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is not a top-tier issue for voters. According to my colleague Melanie Mason in The Times, there is little sign that it — or the precarious condition of American democracy it has come to symbolize — will draw many people to the polls…

Tribune News Service

Oath Keepers planned ‘armed rebellion’ on Jan. 6, DOJ says

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cast the Oath Keepers as a threat to democracy in the first seditious conspiracy trial to stem from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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