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Feb 10 2021
News
Battleground states ask: Is voting in America too easy – or too hard?
The right to vote is central to democracy, though not easy to implement. Yet behind it stands an idea worth fighting for – that each individual matters.
How easy should it be to vote in the United States?
The answer to that question – like so many other things in 21st-century America – depends on where one sits politically. Republicans believe voter fraud threatens the integrity
Christian Science MonitorFeb 04 2021
News
Myanmar Coup
“Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment… The move followed a military coup on Monday and the detention of Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and other civilian politicians. The takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from the United States and other Western countries.” (Reuters
The Flip SideFeb 02 2021
News
What Myanmar coup means for Biden’s pro-democracy vision
Promoting democracy and exercising global leadership are core, value-laden elements of President Biden’s foreign policy vision. Both are being challenged by the military coup in Myanmar.
The weekend military coup that deposed Myanmar’s elected government and landed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi under arrest poses an early test for President Joe Biden’s vow to buttress the world’s
Christian Science MonitorJul 17 2020
Headline Roundup
DHS Condemns "Lawless Anarchists" in Portland; Divides in Media Coverage
This week, protests in Portland were reportedly met with federal intervention, including accounts of unmarked cars taking protesters off the streets. Since the death of George Floyd, protests in Portland have reportedly caused damage to federal property, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to condemn "lawless anarchists" and send federal officers to the city.
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BuzzFeed News The Hill New York Post (News)Jan 21 2020
Analysis
From Richmond to the Senate Chambers, Minority Rule Rules
On Monday, Kellyanne Conway responded to a reporter’s question about why the president’s public schedule of events included no function to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., on a holiday designated to honor him. Conway decided to answer this question by claiming that Dr. King would have hated impeachment: “The president … agrees with many of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King stood for
SlateJun 18 2021
Analysis
The Republican Party's mission: whitewash the Trump presidency
The Republican Party has turned to another page in the authoritarian playbook as it whitewashes the history of Donald Trump's presidency.
It's as if the fawning over Vladimir Putin never happened. Or Trump's assurance that Covid-19 would simply "go away" never passed his lips. Trump's acolytes have, meanwhile, rebranded the worst assault in American democracy in modern times into a
CNN (Online News)Apr 28 2021
News
To tell the truth? From Armenia to Afghanistan, a new US diplomacy.
Speaking the plain truth is practically synonymous with being undiplomatic. Yet in the realm of U.S. foreign policy, it’s suddenly in vogue. It speaks to a need to focus on what’s important.
And another one bites the dust.
By formally recognizing that the atrocities committed against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago constituted genocide, President Joe Biden
Christian Science MonitorMay 24 2020
News
US dependence on Chinese imports posing potential threat on national security, think tank says
A new report by a British think tank shows that the U.S. is strategically dependent on China for 414 categories of imports, of which 114 service its critical national infrastructure -- and in some cases, these could pose a national security risk.
China has steadily increased its share of many markets over the years under the increasingly authoritarian leadership of President Xi Jinping
Fox News (Online News)Apr 26 2021
News
Armenian Genocide
“The systematic killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century was ‘genocide,’ the United States formally declared on Saturday… While previous presidents have offered somber reflections of the dark moment in history, they have studiously avoided using the term genocide out of concern that it would complicate relations with Turkey, a
The Flip SideJun 14 2021
Analysis
The fall of “King Bibi”
How Netanyahu’s ouster could change Israel.
Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, having held the job continuously since 2009. Now, finally, the reign of “King Bibi” — a moniker earned by his lengthy stay in office and authoritarian inclinations — has come to an end.
On Sunday, Netanyahu’s opponents in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, voted to
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