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Vote sign in a window with masked man looking at it in reflection
US politics
US could stand to dial down democracy, says economist
S3 E5 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Democracy! (Yawn)
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Protesters wa;l through the streets of a city carrying Russian flags and large signs written in Russian.
Global Politics
Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world
Arts, Culture & Media
John Oliver Is the Best Thing To Happen To Voter Apathy Since 2008’s Barack Obama
The White House.
Global Politics
What theoretical physics says about the future of our government
Protesters in Prague show symbolic red cards to Czech President Milos Zeman on the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in 2014.
Global Politics
Things just got shaky for the last liberal democracy in Central Europe
Elif Koc, 18, shapes a customer's eyebrows at the Twins salon in Istanbul. Kroc is voting yes on Sunday's referendum. But she says the issue is dividing her family.
Global Politics
Is Turkey’s referendum a vote for more efficient government, or a power grab?
Women's March in Oakland, CA on 1-21-17 drew more than 60,000 people
Make America Kind Again
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How trust eroded within America’s democracy
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Cuban artist Tania Bruguera has been arrested by authorities in Havana three times in recent years.
Global Politics
Cuba’s most controversial artist sketches the island’s post-Fidel future
Trust, Faith & Trump
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Three people pose
Election 2016
These elected officials are among the few who were born outside the US
Voters casting ballots
How do US elections stack up?
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Activists in Turkey are silhouetted against a screen showing President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2016.
Conflict
Turkish authorities owe their very survival to the free press they attempt to throttle
A woman shouts slogans during a demostration in Istanbul against the murder of a young woman named Özgecan Aslan.
Are authoritarians gaining ground globally? (Hint: It’s complicated.)
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying looks on as he meets journalists in Hong Kong.
Technology
Facebook’s new ‘angry’ emoji has become a powerful weapon for Hong Kong activists
Alexis Sinduhije, Samantha Power and Bryan Rich at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards in 2004
Conflict
Burundi exile to US’s Samantha Power: ‘You shake the hand of the killers’
Supporters of Myanmar's pro-democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside National League for Democracy headquarters (NLD) in Yangon, Myanmar, November 9, 2015.
Global Politics
In Myanmar, a pink pinkie is a sign of hope
Ethiopians prepared billboards to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to their capital Addis Ababa.
Conflict
Elaborate rituals and lions roaming the palace grounds are just part of what sets autocratic Ethiopia apart from its neighbors
Voting
Technology
Why we’re still waiting for the Internet to revolutionize politics
Demonstrators listen as a student leader gives a speech during a protest led by students at Yangon University in Myanmar July 7, 2015
Justice
Meet the Burmese activists who risked their lives for the right to carry a USB drive
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during his trial at a Cairo court on May 8, 2014. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Justice
Egypt’s first democratically elected president becomes a convict
President Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi
Burma at the Crossroads
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Protestors with the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" chapter demonstrate at Unity Fountain in Abuja on January 25, 2015.
Conflict
A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned against violence ahead of Saturday's presidential election.
Global Politics
Nigeria’s choices for president: a former military ruler or a corrupt incumbent
A Syrian child who lost both of her parents attends a gathering organized by a charity for orphans in Douma, near Damascus.
Justice
Hope is all but gone in Syria, but some in the country still work for change
The body of Boris Nemtsov moves through long lines of mourners in Moscow.
Global Politics
Lines snake through Moscow as thousands mourn Boris Nemtsov
A voter enters the polling place on Election Day at Stuart-Hobson Middle School in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2014.
Global Politics
In 2014, Americans still vote like it’s 1776
Agnes Chow, 17, started going to protests in high school. She's been a fixture at Hong Kong demonstrations over nearly two weeks of pro-democracy protests.
Global Politics
Loved or loathed, Hong Kong’s new generation of student protest leaders pushes for change
Protesters stand on a bridge as they block the main street to the financial Central district outside of the government headquarters building in Hong Kong on September 30, 2014.
Global Politics
In central Hong Kong, the protest movement keeps growing
A protester walks in tear gas fired by riot policemen after thousands of protesters blocked the main street to the financial district outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014.
Conflict
Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’ isn’t deterred by clashes with police
A protester throws an umbrella at riot police as fellow demonstrators blocked the main street to the central financial district outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.
Justice
Peaceful protests in Hong Kong become violent clashes with police
Students and teachers shout during a rally at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Monday, the start of a planned week-long class boycott for more democratic freedoms.
Global Politics
Hong Kong students are cutting classes for the sake of democracy
A Hong Kong resident shows a Facebook page announcing the number of votes in the city's unofficial pro-democracy referendum. Many Hong Kongers believe Beijing is trying to undermine the vote with internet attacks.
Global Politics
When Facebook goes out in Hong Kong, residents suspect Beijing flipped the switch
Spain's King Juan Carlos smiles in one of his latest audiences at the Zarzuela Palace outside Madrid, May 27, 2014. Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on June 2, 2014 that King Juan Carlos will abdicate and Prince Felipe will take over the throne.
Global Politics
Tweet from the Spanish throne — I’m outta here
Spain's King Juan Carlos smiles in one of his latest audiences at the Zarzuela Palace outside Madrid, May 27, 2014. Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on June 2, 2014 that King Juan Carlos will abdicate and Prince Felipe will take over the throne.
Global Politics
Tweet from the Spanish throne — I’m outta here
Benny Handoko discusses his Twitter defamation case with Susy Rizky, one of his supporters, after a defense hearing.
Conflict & Justice
It was just a tweet, but this former construction worker might go to jail for it
A now-iconic picture of a Turkish riot policeman using tear gas against "the woman in red," at an anti-government demonstration in Taksim Square, in the heart of Istanbul.
Global Politics
You think American politics is a mess? Check out Turkey
An Egyptian man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in Cairo in the referendum on a new constitution.
Global Politics
In Egypt’s constitutional referendum, only the turnout is in doubt
A riot police officer fires tear gas during clashes on Friday with students of Al-Azhar University who support the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
Conflict & Justice
Egypt’s government escalates campaign to uproot the Muslim Brotherhood
People mourn the death of Nelson Mandela
Conflict & Justice
Does South Africa hold a lesson for the Middle East?
A Syrian-American in Chicago Fights for Democracy in his Homeland