Narration: Executive Director Uriel Epshtein
Here's what you need to know about democracy this week
Ballot initiatives in red and blue states alike have led to results which have surprised and annoyed the majority party. Lately, Republican-led states have been passing legislation to make these processes more arduous, and thus less likely to contradict their interests. But what does it mean that measures put up to a popular vote often run counter to the interests of the party running the state government?
This past Sunday, the president of Tunisia suspended parliament, enacted emergency powers, and removed the prime minister from his post. As the only success story of the Arab Spring, why is Tunisia’s democracy failing now, and what could have been done to prevent it?
Double the Budget of Every Congressional Office
Can the Greens help Germany grow a backbone?
Was Trump too moderate?
What‘s worse than voter suppression?
Are the feds subsidizing vaccine hesitancy?
Why did California even have a recall?
Democracy Dies in Boredom
Learning to Live With the Taliban
Who are the Sedition Hunters?
Where'd All the White People Go?
The Plot to Destroy the West
Three Elections (Way) Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Are Cuban Protests Helping Republicans?
Why Can’t We Figure Out the Filibuster?
The Problem with Critical Race Theory
Can States Ignore the Federal Government?
Why Do All Strongmen Sound Alike?
Peru: One Election, Two Prospective Dictators
COVID Lab Leak: Groupthink in Action?
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