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Column-Screening for democracy, as new BRICS line up: Mike Dolan
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2 By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - In an investment world trumpeting new-found
We Must Protect Our Democracy | Opinion
In my lifetime, three dates have come to mark extraordinary national challenges—shockingly violent, unprovoked and unanticipated attacks on our nation, our values, our freedoms, and our national security. Those dates are Dec. 7, 1941; Sept. 11, 2001; and Jan. 6, 2021.Outraged by these existential assaults, we responded to the first two of these challenges, the
‘A Betrayal of Democracy’: What We Learned From the Facebook Whistleblower Interview
A Facebook whistleblower said that during her time at the company she “became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company makes prioritizing their own profits over public safety, putting people’s lives at risk.” Frances Haugen, a former product manager who worked on protecting the platform from election interference starting in 2019, revealed her identity as…
How $25 Vouchers Can Help Save Our Democracy
An assault on democracy is advancing at the state level, as bills making voting harder are considered in 18 state legislatures. These bills are brazen and extreme, but this interstate campaign isn’t new—it’s the latest attempt in a decades-long effort to make our democracy less accessible to regular people. We must fight these bills, but…
‘This Is Not Democracy’: Third-Party Candidate Interrupts Virginia Governor’s Debate, Complains About Racism
A Virginia Gubernatorial candidate from the Liberation Party, Princess Blanding, interrupted the final gubernatorial debate between Republican and Democratic nominees Tuesday, shouting from the audience about racism.Blanding was not invited to join Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democratic Terry McAuliffe on stage during Tuesday’s debate. The third-party candidate started heckling her opponents from her seat in…