Tag: democracy

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong media tycoon known for his ardent opposition to China was arrested on Friday over his role in a pro-democracy protest last year, the police said, dealing another blow to the

On Thursday, Shaub asked his followers what they were doing to protect America and what keeps them from getting discouraged.He also has his own ideas for those feeling overwhelmed:I have some suggesti

A pro-democracy protestor holds a placard ahead of a meeting between the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourova, and the First President of Poland's Suprem

If American democracy were to collapse,” Cornell political scientist Tom Pepinsky recently wrote, “you almost certainly wouldn’t notice it.” The apparent reason: Attorney General Bill Barr’s

Walter Shaub, the former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, on Tuesday night issued an urgent rallying cry for people to “take just one action to defend democracy by Saturday.” Shaub la

The Philippine government has taken steps that could effectively shut one of the country’s largest media organizations, drawing protests from press-freedom and democracy advocates. Solicitor General

Angela Merkel, its powerful chancellor of 14 years, is a lame duck.So when her chosen successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, announced on Monday that she would step aside, it was Ms. Merkel’s defeat

While Pete Buttigieg is deeply concerned about "the shape of our democracy," Twitter users are deeply concerned about Buttigieg's ability to create a giant word salad. On Thursday night, the Democrati

Donald Trump’s impeachment acquittal is a warning sign that something has gone deeply wrong in our political system. It shows a kind of subtle corruption of the law that has, in other countries, led

A top former adviser to President Barack Obama said that the election meltdown that marred the Iowa Democratic caucuses and delayed the release of results was a "complete failure" that squandered an o