Truthout
Democracy
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The Battle for Democracy Is Year-Round
A federal right to vote will effectively neuter politically-motivated state lawmakers and election officials who care less about a robust democracy and more about rigging elections.
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Morsi
An autocratic democracy in Egypt?
Democracy Itself at Stake in Michigan
Michigan voters have a chance to repeal
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The Election as a Marketing Spectacle
Welcome to the most expensive election campaign on earth - and why it has nothing to do with democracy.
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Henry A. Giroux | Beyond the Dead End of American Electoral Politics: Rethinking the Crisis of Politics
The issue is no longer how to work within the current electoral system, but how to dismantle it and construct a new political landscape.
The Corporatocracy vs. Workplace Democracy
Plain and simple, the mechanisms by which we the people can control our democracy are being destroyed one-by-one.
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Mike Lofgren | How Democracies Die
A historic parable shines a bright light on today's troubling social and political realities.
Independent Observers: Venezuela’s Election a Model of Democracy
The testimony of outside observers runs counter to media reports that have called the election undemocratic, “free but not fair” and said the vote exposes Chavez's "clown-prince system …
Federal Government Selling Wild Horses to Western Dealer Linked to Slaughter
In a new investigation, ProPublica reporter Dave Philipps tracks what happens to many of the wild horses rounded up in the western United States by the Bureau of Land …
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“The Measure of a Nation” Challenges Illusions of American Superiority
New book throws a much-needed bucket of cold water on a nation that seems determined to sleepwalk its way over a cliff.