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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 16: Immigrants and their supporters rally outside of the Varick Street Federal Immigration Court during a protest against recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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A man holds a banner with Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) with the slogan "Program of the party program of the nation, Stop Demoktaturze (combine words democracy and …
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In Ukraine’s 2019 presidential election, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won 73% of the run-off vote, unseating incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Watching from the United States— this was a tale that was …
During his first four years, President Trump appointed 226 judges to federal district, appeals, and supreme courts, almost three fourths as much as President Obama did during his whole two terms. Many …
INDIA’S DEMOCRATIC BACKGROUND India’s experience with democracy dates back to 1947 when it gained independence from British colonial rule.[1]It declared itself a democratic state by adopting its …
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For democracy to thrive, its major parts must be balanced, and its citizens must be educated. For democracy to thrive, it must be protected. Mexico faces a dilemma: an eroding democracy. …
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Were the Blue and White Party generals attempting a promissory coup against an executive aggrandizing Likud Prime Minister? The rhetoric of military generals attempting to “protect” democracy and an …
Although it is somewhat apparent from an institutional and political standpoint that Ecuador's new leader would not suggest an improvement in the democratic quality of the nation, there are signs that …
