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Editorial: This election presents a critical choice. Do we embrace a hopeful future or retreat to a reactionary past? We’re backing Kamala Harris. She will unlock democracy’s potential, not give in to its flaws

No American who cares about the future of this country can afford to remain a mere spectator to our own democracy

The US election – a high-stakes battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump – is being perceived as critical for the future of democracy in America.  

You’ve probably seen them: alarming columns or stories with alarming headlines about how somebody is going to exploit an obscure provision in election law to undo the 2024 presidential election and toss it to the House of Representatives. Your vote won’t count, and democracy will go to hell.

This is good democracy, right?

Meta has made it very clear to Australians that they do not value our journalism or our public interest media

Social media platforms face challenges in combating misinformation and safeguarding democracy amidst political pressure and elite influence.

The two Republican leaders engaged in a tense text exchange last week, according to Axios

Marshall Ganz says lessons from 1960s organizing can apply to returning economic and political power to citizens from the oligarchs now in control.

Professor M. Steven Fish on what Harris should be saying in the final two weeks of the campaign

“But in a democracy, it is not necessary that everyone should sing the same song.”