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Two Black men killed by police, 80 hot summers apart, symbolize two of the greatest threats to democracy in 2021: racialized violence by police and racialized voter suppression by public officials.
The Jan. 6 breach and riot at the U.S. Capitol, and the larger effort to overturn the results of the election, have brought new attention to the larger need for political reform — fixing the ...
(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is spearheading a new initiative called Governors Safeguarding Democracy alongside Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. GSD brands itself as a nonpartisan ...
The first democracy aid programs in the Arab world, including the creation of a modest $3 million Middle East Democracy Fund, were introduced by the George H. W. Bush administration as a means of encouraging economic liberalization via political liberalization, though the projects were primarily focused on improving management and efficiency in ...
[10] Political philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre theorized freedom in terms of our social interdependence with other people. [11] Economist Milton Friedman argues in his book Capitalism and Freedom that there are two types of freedom, namely political freedom and economic freedom, and that without economic freedom there cannot be political freedom ...
Criticism has been a key part of democracy, its functions, and its development throughout history.Some critics call upon the constitutional regime to be true to its own highest principles; others reject the values promoted by constitutional democracy.
And then there was the United States, where the Pew survey found only 34% of respondents believe social media has been good for democracy. In interviews, two first-time candidates in Indiana added ...
It combines ideas of civil liberty and equality with support for social justice and a mixed economy. Modern liberalism is one of two major political ideologies in the United States, with the other being conservatism. According to American philosopher Ian Adams, all major American parties are "liberal and always have been.