Tag: democracy
Jeremy Corbyn: Starmer move flagrant attack on democracy
The former Labour leader attacks a decision to bar him from representing Labour at the next election.
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2023’s Biggest, Most Unusual Race Centers on Abortion and Democracy
The election for a swing seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has huge policy stakes for the battleground state. Cash is pouring in, and some of the cand [...]
Why Biden’s trip to Mexico is key for immigration, drugs, and democracy
When President Joe Biden arrived in Mexico City on Monday, it was less than a day after right-wing followers of the former Brazilian president stor [...]
How the Worst Fears for Democracy Were Averted in 2022
A precariously narrow but consequential slice of the electorate broke with its own voting history to reject openly extremist Republican candidates — a [...]
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is likely to block a GOP attack on democracy, in Moore v. Harper
On the eve of Wednesday’s Supreme Court argument in Moore v. Harper, democracy in the United States appeared to be in danger.
A group of North Car [...]
The deranged Supreme Court case that threatens US democracy, Moore v. Harper
The opening brief in Moore v. Harper, an extraordinarily high-stakes election case that the Supreme Court will hear December 7, is one of the least [...]
Blackford on Supreme Court ruling: Democracy will not be denied
The prime minister has every right to oppose Scottish independence but had no right to deny democracy for Scottish people, Ian Blackford has told the [...]
Democracy on the ballot may have helped Democrats win in 2022. Election deniers had an awful election night.
2022 was supposed to be the beginning of a new crisis for American democracy. Republicans seemed poised for a “red tsunami,” one that would sweep e [...]
Midterm elections 2022 messaging: Democrats are talking about protecting democracy and abortion rights
Democrats’ chances of midterm victory have dwindled as many Republican candidates have hammered home messaging around crime and the economy, while [...]
Obama Urges Voters Not to Overlook Threats to Democracy
‘When true democracy goes away, people get hurt,’ the former president said in Philadelphia.
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At Fetterman Rally, Obama Mocks Oz and Tells Crowd to Vote for Democracy
Former President Barack Obama, campaigning in Pittsburgh with John Fetterman as he seeks to become senator, urged supporters to vote to save democracy [...]
Obama Casts Arizona’s Election As a Fight to Preserve Democracy
Mr. Obama was again interrupted at a rally and he used the off-script exchange as a teachable moment.
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Obama casts Arizona’s midterm election as a fight to preserve democracy.
Mr. Obama was again interrupted at a rally and he used the off-script exchange as a teachable moment.
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Full Transcript of President Biden’s Speech on Democracy
The president warned of escalating threats of political violence after the assault of the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Mr. Biden asked Americans t [...]
Biden’s democracy warning before the midterm elections
President Joe Biden gave a dark warning that the future of American democracy was on the ballot in 2022 in a speech Wednesday, six days before the [...]