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Why aren't children allowed to vote? An expert debunks the arguments against

Most people think democracy is something that adults do and regard the prospect of children voting as too silly to even contemplate. In the early 20th century, many democracies began (ostensibly) operating with universal suffrage, ensuring voting rights were no longer withheld from adults on the basis of wealth or…

The Conversation

UK democracy still recovering after another turbulent year, says Speaker

Sir Lindsay Hoyle acknowledged that the political turmoil of the last year left Britain an international laughing stock.

The Independent UK

Tory turmoil made UK ‘laughing stock’ in 2022, says Speaker Lindsay Hoyle

British democracy ‘still struggling to recover’, says Commons speaker

The Independent UK

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Democracy depends on whistleblowers

Cassidy Hutchinson made an imperfect hero. But her kind of courage is crucial to protecting our fragile democracy

Salon

Editorial: Protests in Iran and China, and defense of Ukraine, exemplify human yearning for liberty

The human spirit yearns for freedom and rebels against a regrettably human penchant for asserting dominion over others. The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to stem the spread of disease fed a streak of authoritarian nationalism in some nations such as Hungary and Brazil — so it’s a welcome surprise to…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Adam Schiff: What comes after the Jan. 6 committee report

Last week, the House Jan. 6 committee conducted its last hearing and issued its final report. And we’ve begun releasing the voluminous evidence gathered during the course of our investigation in the form of witness interview transcripts, exhibits, text messages, emails, videos and more.

Los Angeles Times

Taiwan to extend military service to one year to preserve 'democracy and freedom' amid growing China threat

President Tsai Ing-wen announces that compulsory military service will be extended from four months to one year, after reporting China's largest-ever incursion into the island's air defence zone.

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Commentary: Don’t be too tempted by Europe’s plan to fix social media

For many Americans, social media has become a monster. Platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are seen as festering hotbeds of hate and misinformation that threaten the very foundations of American democracy and civility. Calls for regulation have intensified, with some prominent voices looking across the pond for a model…

Los Angeles Times

Martin Schram: Putin’s and Trump’s un-secret wars on democracy

Nonstop cable news presenters were agog and aghast. They warned us, last Wednesday, that we were about to witness an epic moment. Their news worlds were about to collide.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Democracy won in 2022. Now, we have to set the bar higher

For many reasons, 2022 was a resounding victory for democracy. Voters in several more cities across the country passed ranked-choice voting and other powerful anti-corruption laws. Election liars failed to seize control of voting in the states that will decide the 2024 election. The violence and mayhem that many predicted…

Tribune News Service

I took the Greater Manchester bus journey quite unlike any other - and it's left me very confused

'Hopeful passengers were told by the driver “it’s one off one on now”, before it set off again.'

Manchester Evening News

'I'd been in lockdown with just my dogs for two years - until a letter transformed my life'

"Love thy neighbour is the attitude"

Manchester Evening News

Matthew Yglesias: This Congress showed that democracy can work

The 117th Congress opened with the political bang of Donald Trump’s second impeachment and is ending with the legislative bang of a $1.7 trillion spending bill.

Tribune News Service

Suu Kyi to hear final rulings soon

A junta court in Myanmar could hand down the final rulings in the 18-month trial of Aung San Suu Kyi next week, closing the latest chapter in the military’s decades-long battle with the democracy figurehead.

Bangkok Post

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Sitiveni ‘Rambo’ Rabuka confirmed as Fiji’s new prime minister

Outgoing Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said after losing nomination vote: ‘This is democracy and this is my legacy.’

Salon

Zelenskyy visit opens rift in GOP

Too many Republicans still refuse to stand up for Ukraine — and for democracy — against their MAGA brethren

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: From Trump's lies to the 'unimaginable'

The House Jan. 6 committee has released its final report on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Fortune

Elon Musk’s Twitter polls are a perversion of direct democracy. Here are the real governance models that underpin his rule

Elon Musk puts up a cynical veil of stakeholder governance and democracy, while in reality instating a tyrannical rule.

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Zelenskyy's Christmas message to America

Ukraine's leader came to D.C. in the same week Congress referred Trump for prosecution. It's a powerful symbol

The Conversation

West Africa has experienced a wave of coups - superficial democracy is to blame

West Africa has seen coups and military takeovers in three countries in 2022. Like those of the past, they came with promises of a quick return to civilian regimes once socio-economic and political challenges had been met. The challenges are usually listed as inept governance, corruption, rising insecurity and popular…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine's Zelenskiy Tells US Congress Aid Is ‘Not Charity’, Urges More Support

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the US Congress that aid to Ukraine was an investment in democracy and "not charity" as he invoked American battles against the Nazis in World War Two to press for more assistance for his country's war effort. Zelenskiy's comments on Wednesday come as Republicans - some…

Reuters

Russia dismissive of Ukraine getting U.S. Patriot missiles

Moscow said on Thursday that Ukraine acquiring Patriot missiles from the United States, announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, won't help settle the conflict or prevent Russia from achieving its goals.

Los Angeles Times

Zelenskyy to Congress: 'Your money is not charity'

WASHINGTON — Making a dramatic, risky wartime visit to Washington on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strategized privately with President Joe Biden at the White House, addressed a packed joint session of Congress and delivered an impassioned pitch for sustained U.S. military aid for his country.

Newcastle Herald

World Cups are fine, but rugby league's the greatest game of all

Like other fans, I don't care that my chosen sport is only played on the east coast in Australia, and by only a handful of nations overseas.

Zenger

Shortlist Announced For First ‘European Capital Of Democracy’

Three cities have been shortlisted by an expert jury and will be voted on by citizens.

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