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Stan Grant's new book asks: how do we live with the weight of our history?

This month, journalist and public intellectual Stan Grant published his fifth book, The Queen is Dead. And last week, he abruptly stepped away from his career in the public realm, citing toxic racism enabled by social media, and betrayal on the part of his employer, the ABC.

The Conversation

‘Not something I’m proud of’: six Greeks explain their election choice

Economic policies seemed to swing it with voters as PM’s party finishes 20 percentage points ahead of the left opposition

The Guardian - UK

Greek conservatives clear an ‘open road’ to political supremacy

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party routed left-wing Syriza in election and is expected to do it again in a repeat vote.

Al Jazeera

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DeSantis responds to NAACP call for tourists to boycott Florida

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Greek vote shows public mellowing from crisis-era anger

A resounding defeat of radical parties in Greece's election on Sunday has shown voters have mellowed after more than 15 years of fuming over austerity triggered by a crippling debt crisis.

Reuters

Centre-left politics has been dealt a crushing blow in Greece. What can we learn from it?

The Syriza party did worse than most thought possible, says Marina Prentoulis, a politics professor at the University of East Anglia

The Guardian - UK

Greece’s Mitsotakis seeks second vote after election win

Despite winning Sunday’s vote, the governing New Democracy party fell short of winning an absolute majority.

Al Jazeera

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Greek PM calls for new elections after winning broad but inconclusive victory

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for new elections "possibly on June 25", a day after his conservative New Democracy party fell short of winning an absolute majority.

Radio France Internationale

NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans’

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Commentary: What happened to Ecuador? How crime and power struggles brought a democracy to the brink

Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved the country’s legislature Wednesday to dodge an impeachment vote he appeared bound to lose. He invoked a previously untested constitutional provision known as “muerte cruzada,” or “mutual death,” which permits the president to send lawmakers packing and rule by decree while facing new elections within…

Los Angeles Times

Greece prime minister Mitsotakis hails election victory as ‘political earthquake’

Mitsokais’ party fell just short of majority required to form government on its own, as the fate of the new government still hangs in limbo

The Independent UK

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis flags second election despite landslide poll win for New Democracy party

Greek voters will have go to the polls again after the ruling New Democracy party scored a landslide election win at the weekend, but still fell short of the seats needed to form a majority government

ABC News

Trump’s Niece Says On A Podcast About The Dangers Of Normalizing His Fanatic Supporters

Mary Trump continues to criticize her uncle for allowing to hate and antisemitism as she says that democracy is still at stake.

Zenger

Greek prime minister set to consolidate power in new election

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pummeled his opposition in Sunday’s national election, moving a step closer to getting another four-year term and sending a signal to markets that the premier’s investment-friendly policies will continue.

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Al Jazeera

Greece’s conservative party wins big in national election

The ruling New Democracy party secures commanding victory, but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hints at new poll.

The Guardian - UK

Greek centre-right party falls short of majority in general election

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party on 40% share against Syriza on 20

Evening Standard

Greece elections:Prime Minister hails big victory but will seek fresh election to win majority

Kyriakos Mitsotakis makes clear he wants to govern without the involvement of other parties after winning with 40 per cent of the vote

Reuters

Greek conservatives win parliamentary election

Greece's conservative New Democracy party achieved a crushing victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed.

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The Independent UK

NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans’

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

Reuters

Greek conservatives lead in national election-exit poll

Greek conservatives were leading over the leftist Syriza in elections on Sunday, a joint exit poll by six polling agencies showed.

The Guardian - UK

Once we ask the Lee Anderson question, our democracy is on a slippery slope

When the state restrains the right to protest, the right to vote has less meaning

The Guardian - UK

As Greece goes to the polls, scandal, disaster and apathy eat into PM’s lead

Economic resurgence may not be enough to win Kyriakos Mitsotakis a new term in Sunday’s election

Reuters

Greece's ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority

Greece's ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election in a month more likely.

Dynamite News

G7 Summit Japan: Prime Minister Modi calls for building an inclusive food system

In an address at a session of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Modi also strongly batted for the democratisation of technology, saying it can become a bridge between development and democracy. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Book seeks to demystify sedition law

Ensuring the survival of democracy in India is the greatest justification for doing away with the law on sedition and unleashing the full potential of the freedom of speech, says a new book. In "A Constitution to Keep: Sedition and Free Speech in Modern India", Supreme Court lawyer Rohan J…

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