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Independent journalism should be kept up as it forms the bedrock of democracy, says Arun Shourie

Brazilians will face one of the most important elections of their lives on October 2 2022, after four years of growing polarisation and political violence under President Jair Bolsonaro.

Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, has tried to reach out to Sudan’s pro-democracy movement.

Two very different Brazils could emerge after voters go the polls to elect a president on Oct. 2, 2022.

Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign

Whether or not the assault on the Capitol actually failed is yet to be determined

American schoolchildren are growing up with a badly oversimplified lesson about their own government. They are learning that the U.S. Supreme Court is the nation’s “highest court,” a label that erroneously diminishes the power of state supreme courts. Correcting this understanding goes beyond pedagogical accuracy — it is essential for…

"We have not only these undemocratic features but a whole number of vulnerabilities," political scientist says

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina lawsuit at the U.S. Supreme Court could undermine democracy as we know it, by allowing state legislators to override popular opinion in elections for Congress and possibly even the presidency, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters.

The latest editorial of People's Democracy has quoted Ms. Banerjee's statements at press conferences and said that she "has been making some new discoveries recently".

The 2022 midterms are less than two months away and democracy itself is on the line. It may be our last chance to save democracy from the rise of right-wing authoritarianism.