Narration: Writing & Policy Associate James Lewis
Here's what you need to know about democracy this week:
As Angela Merkel steps down from her role as Chancellor of Germany, a new coalition government is coming in. While most attention is focused on the new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the appointment of Annalena Baerbock of the Green Party to Foreign Minister might make the biggest difference to European security.
November featured a whirlwind of elections across Latin America, and in most cases there were popular extremist candidates whose interest in radical change seemed greater than their faith in democracy. Is democracy failing to improve people’s lives??
Double the Budget of Every Congressional Office
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
Do the Parties Represent the People?
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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