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From coast to coast, voters are fighting for a democracy that works for all

From coast to coast, voters are fighting for a democracy that works for all
Under Honest Elections, registered voters will receive four $ 25 “democracy vouchers” that they can give out to the qualified city council, city attorney, or mayoral candidates of their choice, encouraging candidates to focus their campaigns on engaging ...
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HEDINGER: Put Democracy Act provisions on ballot
For 95 years, the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of New Jersey has been working to bridge the gap between candidates and voters. However, each year more and more candidates dodge debates, leave questionnaires unanswered and simply refuse ...
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Myanmar: The Atrocious Delusion of Burmese 'Democracy'
As the world's media hails Burma's first elections since 1990 and the country's 'democratic transition' from military rule, Guy Horton warns against the delusional thinking that underlies these optimistic narratives. The reality is one of murder ...
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The Man Who Saved Germany's New Democracy
'A statesman,” quipped Harry S. Truman, “is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.” That wasn't true for the “little haberdasher” who built an American-led global order from scratch in the 1940s. Nor is it true for Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor ...
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Britain's Politicians That Corrupt Democracy

Britain's Politicians That Corrupt Democracy
Hedge fund boss John Nash is a regular Conservative donor with close ties to the healthcare industry. John Nash and his wife Caroline gave £203,500 to the party over the past five years. He is also a founder of City firm Sovereign Capital, which runs a ...
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Inside the Secretive Circle That Rules a Trillion Market
The stakes go far beyond a few hedge funds and banks. Although the market for credit insurance on individual companies and countries has shrunk by 59 percent since 2008, more money is now invested in benchmark CDS indexes than at any time since the ...
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2015 election brings good news for democracy reform in 2016 and beyond

2015 election brings good news for democracy reform in 2016 and beyond
The banner headline in the Huffington Post after last week's elections wasn't what TV pundits or presidential candidates were talking about, but as a Delawarean it made me jump for joy: “Voters Chip Away at Citizens United.” Voters everywhere are fed ...
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Houghton has not just broken taboos over Trident, he has undermined democracy
Houghton has not just broken taboos over Trident, he has undermined democracy. Richard Norton-Taylor. The military should not take sides in political decisions. In making public his fears about Corbyn's views on Trident, the head of the UK armed forces ...
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Botswana: Can Botswana's Democracy Carry Spirit of the Kalahari?
Botswana has long been hailed as a 'miracle' of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. In the last ten years however, this gilded reputation earned during 1970's and 1980's which reflected high economic growth levels and political stability, has lost much of ...
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Myanmar election: National League for Democracy claims more seats – video
Min Ko Naing announces the National League for Democracy (NLD) has won further seats in the upper house of Myanmar's parliament. Speaking to a large crowd celebrating outside the NLD's headquarters in Yangon, Naing says the party has secured 11 of ...
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Good thing coming from democracy

Good thing coming from democracy
Ever since the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power and the coming to the centre politics and governance of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigerians have blamed all the woes of the country on the PDP. It is common to hear ...
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Christian Democracy arrives in Britain
It may not be apparent now – and there is little British interest anyway – but Christian Democracy, in nineteenth century origin and post-war practice, really was shaped by Christian, or specifically Catholic, social teaching, from Rerum Novarum on ...
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President Sisi laments Western criticism over democracy in Egypt
Right from the get-go, Egypt's President makes it clear he wants to set the record straight. Even as we film our introduction, he hears me say to camera that while he says he has a "roadmap for democracy," not everyone is convinced. He quickly jumps in.
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