• By: Brennan Cegelka, Class of 2023 On the day America declared its independence from Great Britain, the Continental Congress tasked three of our most esteemed Founding Fathers - Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, with creating the first seal of the United States. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • WASHINGTON & LEE LAW - The 2023 Spring Term course Threats to Democracy examined the form of government and explored the current challenges it faces. (aals.org)
  • And a day that reminds us that the greatest threats to democracy often come from within. (columbian.com)
  • Brian Winter is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and has written extensively about threats to democracy in Latin America, and he's with us now to help us understand what's happening here. (wlrn.org)
  • 2019-04-25T18:01:03-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMDI2XC8yMDE5MDQyNTE4MDI0NTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== The Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro spoke at New York University's Washington, D.C., center about political systems and human rights in Latin American countries. (c-span.org)
  • The Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro spoke at New York University 's Washington, D.C., center about political systems and human rights in Latin American countries. (c-span.org)
  • Many other Latin-American countries have been manipulated, pressured and subverted by the OAS , the Leftist press, and two-faced American diplomats into allowing communists to take over, with disastrous consequences for their people and the region. (americanthinker.com)
  • More leaders of Latin American countries have announced they will not attend the Summit of the Americas, which is taking place in Los Angeles. (democracynow.org)
  • The result marks a historic shift which has widespread implications for the U.S., for the Latin American and Caribbean region, and globally. (truthout.org)
  • Latin American democracy was already vulnerable before the pandemic due to crises of trust, legitimacy and representation, corruption, and the overall mixed results of the political system for citizens. (thedialogue.org)
  • The international community again invested billions, this time not on arms but to consolidate institutions, to establish effective mechanisms to fight corruption, to secure freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and to strengthen democracy. (dissentmagazine.org)
  • For freedom to prevail on a global scale, the American people must work together to strengthen democracy at home if they ever want to see democracy abroad. (gopusa.com)
  • Insurrectionists loyal to then-President Donald Trump are seen swarming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Americans remain bitterly divided over the events that led to the siege on the Capitol that day, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. (npr.org)
  • In a country where many people vote early, more than 27 million Americans have already cast their ballots in what is the first election since the 6 January 2021 insurrection. (sky.com)
  • The book was shortlisted for EuroSEAS Social Science Book Prize 2017, with the motivation "Astrid Noren-Nilsson's Cambodia's Second Kingdom: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy (Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program 2016) is a thought-provoking book about Cambodia's politics that is highly original in its approach, and grounded in some remarkable research, including numerous interviews with prominent figures. (lu.se)
  • American Democracy Television (ADTV) provides nonpartisan programming about representative democracy to Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels across the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • How representative democracy works at the local, state and national levels That compromise and disagreement are an important part of our system of democracy How their ideas and special interests are represented Ways to make their voices heard In its first 2 years, ADTV spread to all 50 states and Washington, DC. (wikipedia.org)
  • The programming currently reaches over 12 million households on a regular basis and continues to educate the public about representative democracy, with its stated goal to challenge cynicism and reinvigorating the public's perception of its government. (wikipedia.org)
  • Representative Democracy in America, Voices of the People" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
  • A destructive political divide between progressives and the people threatens to destroy our representative democracy. (gopusa.com)
  • When it comes to the most common form of government in Western nations - representative democracy - both experts and the general public are broadly supportive. (pewresearch.org)
  • But the depth of public support is limited: A median of only 37% across the 12 nations polled describe representative democracy as a very good form of governance. (pewresearch.org)
  • The Program is a research network of scholars interested in studies of electoral democracy, representative democracy, opinion formation, and voting behavior. (lu.se)
  • The images from that frightening day - Confederate flags, a hangman's noose, a rolling wave of white nationalist signs and symbols - were an unmistakable reminder that our country's democracy is under attack from within. (philanthropy.com)
  • Many among the public (median of 51%) believe their country's relationship with America will stay about the same over the next few years. (pewresearch.org)
  • In the hours after the mob of insurrectionists, spurred on by false assertions from former President Donald Trump about a stolen election, was driven from the Capitol, it was possible to imagine that the shocking scenes of violence in the seat of the American government would force the country to reassess what counts as acceptable political discourse. (voanews.com)
  • One year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future of democracy. (npr.org)
  • The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America, do not represent who we are," Biden said in an address to the nation. (columbian.com)
  • One year ago today, our nation watched a violent insurrection overtake the U.S. Capitol and strike at the heart of our democracy. (philanthropy.com)
  • All of this occurred after Jan. 6, when the unimaginable happened and an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol sent America a clear message: This country is not out of danger. (salon.com)
  • The book is called " How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship . (salon.com)
  • As more people around the world view the U.S. and the European Union as threats to global democracy , social movements throughout Latin America and beyond are mobilizing to defend the democratic result of Chile's elections, as they did during Pinochet's dictatorship . (truthout.org)
  • Francis A. Schaeffer described democracy as "the dictatorship of the 51%, with no controls and nothing with which to challenge the majority. (americanvision.org)
  • Democracy and dictatorship revisited. (lu.se)
  • In a speech that comes just six days before the polls close, the US president said democracy is under attack because Donald Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. (sky.com)
  • It also offers guidelines for American policymakers after the November 2012 elections. (brookings.edu)
  • The US president warns that democracy is under threat from MAGA Republicans - a reference to Trump's Make America Great Again slogan - as the mid-term elections approach. (sky.com)
  • There are candidates running for every level of office in America, for governor, for Congress, for attorney general, for secretary of state, who won't commit to accepting the results of the elections they're in. (sky.com)
  • John Winthrop (1588-1649), the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, declared direct democracy to be "the meanest and worst of all forms of government. (americanvision.org)
  • According to Valenzuela, the dangers of unbridled populism from the right or left is that they frame leaders as saviors of the people through the implementation of direct democracy tools such as plebiscites or other direct appeals. (thedialogue.org)
  • We don't settle our differences America with a riot, a mob, or a bullet or a hammer," he said in a stark warning about violent political extremism. (sky.com)
  • November 12, 2019 ( LifeSiteNews ) - Much of the 2020 Democrat presidential race has been a contest to see who can most thoroughly demonstrate fidelity to identity politics, with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's latest effort being to declare that "trans," "nonconforming," and "non-binary" women of color are the "backbone" of American democracy. (lifesitenews.com)
  • Our problems of deficits and debt pale in significance compared with the damage being done to our democracy, our capacity to govern, and our standing in the world. (brookings.edu)
  • But now America moves into an individualized economy while politicians still repeat the familiar arguments of a bygone era. (democracyjournal.org)
  • They also felt that America had a society that had too much individual strength to relinquish its freedom to a group of powerful beltway politicians. (gopusa.com)
  • Corporations must stop funding politicians who sponsor legislation designed to disenfranchise voters and silence protest-and instead support solutions for our democracy. (greenpeace.org)
  • Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media has posted a great article on the AIM website describing how Hondurans feel about their betrayal by America. (americanthinker.com)
  • Carlson concludes that this deviation from public will is a betrayal of American democracy. (zerohedge.com)
  • Democrats also expressed dismay about the state of democracy - but for very different reasons. (npr.org)
  • For Democrats, "democracy" means rule by Democrats, no matter what evil scheme they may try to force on the American people. (americanvision.org)
  • Anytime Democrats lose politically, they moan and groan about how Democracy is being subverted. (americanvision.org)
  • The Center for American Progress Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan policy institute and advocacy organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. (americanprogressaction.org)
  • But it's clear that today's pro-corporatist establishment could not last in an America where tens of millions more people of modest means voted. (salon.com)
  • While the despair of economic dead ends certainly weighed on these young people, American liberals who claimed that what the people of the Middle East demanded more than anything were jobs, not democracy, were proven wrong. (democracyjournal.org)
  • Obama's only legislative achievement, Obamacare, a gift few people wanted, was put under the Christmas trees in America on Christmas Eve, 2009. (gopusa.com)
  • Black trans and cis women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy and I don't take this endorsement lightly. (lifesitenews.com)
  • As Biden said: "Today's a reminder, a painful one, that democracy is fragile and to preserve it requires people of goodwill, leaders with the courage to stand up, who are devoted not to the pursuit of power and personal interest at any cost, but to the common good. (columbian.com)
  • And people are worried about Peru, I think, outside of Peru and the rest of Latin America, certainly in Washington. (wlrn.org)
  • The American people yawned and yawned with boredom. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Finally, he argued that a prosperous democracy in the Americas requires more transparency, increased multilateralism across the Americas, and the strengthening of political parties as "essential transmission belts of the will of the people. (thedialogue.org)
  • So when people worry about what's going to happen to American democracy, I'm actually more optimistic about that than a lot of other people. (skynews.com.au)
  • As with "democracy," people seem to mean different things when they use the word "revolution. (the-american-interest.com)
  • When the American Academy of Arts and Sciences convened this panel of thinkers from across the spectrum, why did people feel that American democracy needed to be reimagined in some way? (amacad.org)
  • If the people doesn't approve its own voice, then you know that your democracy is fundamentally broken. (amacad.org)
  • There's also the data on how young people think about democracy. (amacad.org)
  • So for people under 40, slightly under 30% consider it essential to live in a democracy. (amacad.org)
  • You can't have a democracy if people don't want one. (amacad.org)
  • In the meantime, this might be the time to call and/or write your Senator/Congressman and ask them to defy our anti-American President and his Leftist press lapdogs by showing support for this Democratic ally that is trying to save itself from the despots. (americanthinker.com)
  • The Ethiopian insurgents, who were waved on by American diplomats to take Addis Ababa in 1991 after many years of armed struggle, have never kept their promise to permit the construction of an open and fair democratic system. (brookings.edu)
  • This is the first time since Freedom House has been tracking democratic freedom that America has fallen into the second tier along with weaker democracies like Romania and Panama. (gopusa.com)
  • World democracies use to think since the U.S. had such a long history of democratic government it would always be maintained as its national identity. (gopusa.com)
  • If America is "under threat" by these two scourges - among many others - the Democratic president is entirely responsible. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The panel discussed the current state and future prospects of democratic institutions in the region, the role of challenges such as corruption, polarization, and online disinformation, and the findings of Luminate's new public opinion research on shifting perceptions on democracy during the pandemic. (thedialogue.org)
  • Speaking specifically on the situation in Brazil, Szabó highlighted both that Brazil is a young democracy and that the Bolsonaro administration has undermined its democratic institutions. (thedialogue.org)
  • By saying that only his Democratic Party stands for democracy - however true he may believe that to be - is he essentially telling voters that the nation's democracy has already been lost? (sky.com)
  • The Institute of Democracy conducts research about democratic development and political communication between citizens, media and parties. (lu.se)
  • Its programmes aim to provide knowledge to democracy builders, policy development and analysis and support democratic reform. (lu.se)
  • The center sponsors research and education aimed at improving the democratic process in the United States and expanding democracy around the world. (lu.se)
  • But even as it was already clear on September 11, 2001 that the attacks were a turning point in American history, no one could have foreseen the direction of that pivot. (democracyjournal.org)
  • But by September 27, 2001, 60 percent of Americans believed life had returned to normal. (democracyjournal.org)
  • It is more than the tragedies of Iraq or the sorrows of economic stagnation that have beset America in the ten years since 2001. (democracyjournal.org)
  • They say a secret ballot is essential to democracy. (prospect.org)
  • For example, of the 100 companies that endorsed the " We Stand for Democracy " statement opposing "any discriminatory legislation or measures that restrict or prevent any eligible voter from having an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot," 12 contributed to the sponsors of 43 anti-voter bills we analyzed. (greenpeace.org)
  • Make no mistake - democracy is on the ballot. (sky.com)
  • Biden is trying to play the Democracy card … again. (americanvision.org)
  • What Leftists like Biden never do is define what they mean by "Democracy. (americanvision.org)
  • Joe Biden has warned Americans that "MAGA Republicans" are "trying to succeed where they failed in 2020" to subvert the will of voters in the upcoming midterms. (sky.com)
  • Last night, Mr Biden implored voters to "think long and hard about the moment we are in", adding: "In a typical year, we are not often faced with the question of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put it at risk - but we are this year. (sky.com)
  • Michigan's secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, recently called it "a five-alarm fire," adding that "if leaders and citizens aren't taking this as the most important issue of our time and acting accordingly, then we might not be able to ensure democracy prevails again in 2024. (philanthropy.com)
  • It's a typical Leftist tactic that plays on the ignorance of many Americans. (americanvision.org)
  • Leftist president Woodrow Wilson led us into World War I by declaring that "The world must be made safe for democracy. (americanvision.org)
  • The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the U.S. Congress. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under no circumstances will the debt ceiling be lifted unless Congress passes and the President signs a bill providing universal health coverage to Americans, a ban on preexisting conditions, and an individual mandate to purchase insurance to avoid the adverse selection problem. (brookings.edu)
  • Peace eventually was restored and Congress eventually resumed the ceremonial approval of election results, but the storming of a symbol of American democracy will linger. (columbian.com)
  • Thomas Lanza, an insurance agent from Harrison, NY, in a short article that appeared in the October 30, 1991 issue of USA Today , advocated that we should abolish Congress and bring on true democracy by giving every eligible voter an equal say on every issue. (americanvision.org)
  • Estefan hypothesized that this outcome is a product of that age group not having experienced authoritarian regimes and instead, living through democracies that have achieved mixed results. (thedialogue.org)
  • Book review: "Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America. (lu.se)
  • Yanilda González has written a landmark study addressing a highly contentious issue of our time: the persistence of authoritarian policing practices in numerous countries, despite their transition to democracy. (lu.se)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'Book review: "Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America. (lu.se)
  • As the 2012 election crests with all its chaos - billionaire-driven TV ad wars, legal fights over voter suppression tactics, endless fundraising e-mails and worries about stealing the vote - progressives need to remember what's been destroying our democracy and what solutions are needed to restore the balance of power in America. (salon.com)
  • Ten years after 9/11, progressives need to fashion a pro-democracy movement here at home. (democracyjournal.org)
  • Learn about our sister organization, the Center for American Progress , an independent nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans. (americanprogressaction.org)
  • A constitutional democracy is one where the government is subject to legal limits, a respect for what legal philosopher Lon Fuller once called an "inner morality of law" that recognizes not simply formal procedural regularity but what political theorist David Dyzenhaus calls a substantive respect for freedom. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • So there's so many different indicators that suggested that it's time to dig deep and really consider how we organize our society and deliver on basic promises of constitutional democracy. (amacad.org)
  • And it was really I mean, what are some of the most moving conversations I've ever had in my life, both in terms of the articulation of the kind of profound value they see and have experienced as members of this constitutional democracy. (amacad.org)
  • So there was simultaneously this recognition of the profound value of what constitutional democracy promises and the need for all of us to be committed to it, but also a sense that institutionally the institutions weren't fully delivering. (amacad.org)
  • That's how our dysfunctional democracy may limp along until the next major election (the 2016 midterms) or a national crisis. (salon.com)
  • Public polling i ndicates that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe U.S. democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing. (voanews.com)
  • A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 64% of Americans believe U.S. democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing. (npr.org)
  • A debate forum for issues concerning globalization, democracy and development etc. (lu.se)
  • At October's Democrat LGBT town hall , Warren jokingly mocked belief that marriage is specifically about uniting one man and one woman, endorsed taxpayer-funded sex change surgery for prison inmates, and told a confused little girl introduced as a "9-year-old transgender American" that she considers teaching children about homosexuality and "gender identity" to be normal parts of public education. (lifesitenews.com)
  • This is the Democrat plan to restore democracy? (americanprogressaction.org)
  • Americans are bitterly divided over the events that led to Jan. 6, as well. (npr.org)
  • American democracy is in jeopardy, from the disastrous Citizens United ruling that flooded our politics with corporate cash to the immoral assault on voting rights. (citizen.org)
  • The Vermont Senate should take a stand against corporate influence in our democracy and pass a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling and related cases. (citizen.org)
  • This news comes on top of what we have known for years that the federal government, dating back to the Bush Administration, has been monitoring phone calls, that America citizens along with foreign nationals were held in Guantanamo Bay, or rendered to secret CIA facilities abroad and tortured, force-fed, and often detained for years without access to legal counsel or opportunity to appear before a judge. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • The secretary general focused on the political situation in Venezuela while commenting on the state of democracy throughout the entire region. (c-span.org)
  • But in the long term, the amnesty has hindered Salvadoran democracy: the state granted impunity for the most heinous crimes. (dissentmagazine.org)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON LAW SCHOOL - "If we want to preserve and improve state democracy, we have to first understand it," said Associate Professor of Law Miriam Seifter in a recent podcast interview. (aals.org)
  • In the weeks and months that followed the attack, however, optimism about the state of democracy in the U.S. has become increasingly difficult to maintain. (voanews.com)
  • The reaction from Republican state legislatures was predictable, according to Susan Stokes, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and the director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. (voanews.com)
  • This resurgence of democracy is exactly what Republicans have been fighting across the country to prevent. (progressive.org)
  • He singled out "ultra-MAGA Republicans" - a reference to Trump's Make America Great Again slogan - saying they are a minority but a "driving force" in the Republican Party. (sky.com)
  • The world has seen the damage done to our democracy in less than two years with a progressive trifecta and eight previous years of progressive leadership. (gopusa.com)
  • He attributed the decline in citizen approval of democracy to the unmet expectations in the region, especially related to reducing inequality. (thedialogue.org)
  • On September 27th 2008, a statewide deliberative poll on "The Issue of Marriage in America" was conducted in order to determine citizen opinions regarding a proposed PA Marriage Protection Amendment. (cmu.edu)
  • Fadwa, an American citizen of Libyan extraction who has lived most of her life in Egypt, believes firmly in the revolution, but thinks democracy must take its course, even if that means that Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood will remain in power until 2016. (the-american-interest.com)
  • Recent years have witnessed a groundswell of populist sentiment in Western liberal democracies. (pewresearch.org)
  • Henry Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 16, 1838, the son of American diplomat Charles Francis Adams and grandson of President John Quincy Adams. (google.com)
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Full Interview on Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
  • In clear language, it presented the main dimensions of American policy towards Africa, accompanied by a cover letter from President Obama. (brookings.edu)
  • French President Macron said he still believes in American democracy. (gopusa.com)
  • There is really a sort of dual reality through which partisans are approaching not only what happened a year ago on Jan. 6, but also generally with our presidential election and our democracy," said Mallory Newall, a vice president at Ipsos, which conducted the poll. (npr.org)
  • It will forever serve as an emblem of a most undemocratic and most un-American president. (columbian.com)
  • Or that the president now asserts the right to use drones to kill Americans abroad suspected of being terrorists, without respect for due process or proof of guilt. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • To a large extent this was the criticism of the American colonies when they asserted their independence from England in 1776. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • Although North Omaha is rich in history and culture, it has also struggled with the same issues as other large African American communities, including poverty and declining economy, housing options, and jobs. (cdc.gov)
  • And it is the impulse that led to that Arab Spring-for all its contradictions and uncertainty-that provides the best hope for a regeneration of an optimistic, forward-looking American spirit at home and around the world. (democracyjournal.org)
  • Valenzuela began the conversation by outlining the historical context of democracy in the region and noting that it has had the longest period of constitutional governance in the world. (thedialogue.org)
  • In the past few decades, the world has watched in collective horror as our once proud democracy falls from grace. (gopusa.com)
  • So what has caused America to go backwards on the world freedom index? (gopusa.com)
  • The world listened when Obama claimed he would unite America and make changes in our society and government that would benefit democracy. (gopusa.com)
  • Obama's obsession with race changed world opinion about American homogeneity. (gopusa.com)
  • With a number of high-profile incidents with police and violent protests by identity groups, many Americans, as well as world democracies, felt race relations were worse. (gopusa.com)
  • The world watched Obama force progressive policies on America. (gopusa.com)
  • The authorship of DEMOCRACY: AN AMERICAN NOVEL, published anonymously in 1880, was not made public until after the death of American historian HENRY BROOKS ADAMS (1838-1918), a member of the Adams political family and a journalist dedicated to exposing corruption. (google.com)
  • After the U.S. Supreme Court "gutted the McCain-Feingold Act" earlier this year, ruling 5-4 that any blocks on campaign financing would be an infringement of "the exercise of free speech," the Court made it possible for deep-pocketed lobbyists such as American Crossroads and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to "sponsor" dozens of campaigns without any public accountability. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Andrés Velasco, a former finance minister of Chile, is Project Director of the G30 Working Group on Latin America and Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. (project-syndicate.org)
  • As the lines between real and fake blur, Americans increasingly chase the idea of authenticity. (psychologytoday.com)
  • America is the stage of an increasingly aggressive intolerance between the two big parties - and when you go down that road, democracy, the beautiful art of compromise, is bound to suffer. (worldcrunch.com)
  • From Michael Newton: "The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy is an important effort based on dialogue, based on facts, reason, dignity, and respect where dissent is embraced as an opportunity for learning and inquiry, and not just an opportunity to destroy. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • The terrorists struck an ascendant America that had seen a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity. (democracyjournal.org)