- Forces loyal to Murderer Bashar al-Assad fought gun battles overnight near a northeast Damascus suburb with army defectors who had refused to shoot at a pro-democracy protest http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/28/us-syria-idustre77p12m20110828 8 comments worldnews
- It’s Not Just Abortion Rights. Michigan Republicans Are Undermining Democracy https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/the-one-strategy-michigan-republicans-are-using-to-ban-abortion.html 7 comments politics
- At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-democracy-modi-ec43d9cb81c4f1b249b948e6f930fccf 9 comments worldnews
- Is this democracy? https://www.dawn.com/news/1688241/is-this-democracy 4 comments pakistan
- How Democracy Can Defeat Autocracy https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/13/how-democracy-can-defeat-autocracy/ 3 comments politics
- Senate Republicans Kick Democracy in the Balls While It’s Doubled Over Coughing Up Blood https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/senate-republicans-voting-rights-bill 87 comments politics
- The biggest challenge in Georgia right now is the state of democracy https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/10/14/the-biggest-challenge-in-georgia-right-now-is-the-state-of-democracy/ 3 comments europe
- Why unchecked snooping threatens India's democracy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57887300 29 comments india
- Trump's corrosive influence on democracy goes global https://theweek.com/politics/1001286/benjamin-netanyahu-apes-donald-trumps-refusal-to-accept-losing 14 comments politics
- 2 democracies. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/l5e8mn 7 comments india
- Can a democracy on the brink of authoritarianism recover? https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/can-a-democracy-on-the-brink-of-authoritarianism-recover/ 25 comments politics
- Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy | Fearing defeat at the polls, the GOP is laying the groundwork to delegitimize the results, and to block an electoral majority from governing. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/republicans-are-suddenly-afraid-democracy/616685/ 386 comments politics
- Al Gore: Trump Puts 'His Knee On The Neck" Of U.S. Democracy In Crippling The USPS https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/al-gore-trump-putting-his-knee-on-the-neck-of-american-democracy_us_5f3b080ec5b61100c3ab4506?ri18n=true 50 comments politics
- Sanders labels Postal Service funding dispute a 'crisis for American democracy' https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/512227-sanders-labels-usps-dispute-as-a-crisis-for-american-democracy 7 comments politics
- Iowa conspiracy theories show US democracy has bigger problems than foreign interference https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/09/media/iowa-democracy-disinformation-intl/index.html 3 comments politics
- China sanctioned Human Rights Watch and suspended the review of requests by U.S. military ships and aircraft to visit Hong Kong, in retaliation to Hong Kong Democracy Bill https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-usa/china-suspends-review-of-request-for-u-s-military-ships-aircraft-visiting-hong-kong-iduskbn1y60iq 36 comments worldnews
- Senate puts Hong Kong democracy bill on fast track as violence rises https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3037826/us-senators-urge-passage-hong-kong-democracy-bill-violence-city 6 comments worldnews
- 'Political Corruption in Real Time': Viral Video Shows North Carolina GOP Sabotaging Democracy in Effort to Secure Corporate Tax Cuts https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/01/political-corruption-real-time-viral-video-shows-north-carolina-gop-sabotaging 307 comments politics
- ‘Gandhi emphasised on real power of democracy’: PM Modi at United Nations https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-pays-tribute-to-mahatma-gandhi-at-united-nations/story-lagsnxznac1ydrobv5b8fi.html 4 comments india
- Young, polite, idealistic: Hong Kong protesters will sacrifice anything for democracy https://news.sky.com/story/young-polite-idealistic-hong-kong-protesters-will-sacrifice-anything-for-democracy-11801032 185 comments worldnews
- Hong Kong torn between a British past and a Chinese future as it fights for democracy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-18/hong-kong-fighting-for-democracy-british-past-chinese-future/11216400 35 comments worldnews
- Free college for all will power our 21st-century economy and empower our democracy https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2018/09/17/free-college-for-all-will-power-our-21st-century-economy-and-empower-our-democracy/ 329 comments politics
- How Middle-Aged Women May Save American Democracy https://psmag.com/news/how-middle-aged-women-may-save-american-democracy 8 comments politics
- Washington secrecy is creating a know-nothing democracy http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/386972-washington-secrecy-is-creating-a-know-nothing-democracy#.wvrnb7_jc0e.twitter 22 comments politics
- Spiro Agnew's Lawyer: Donald Trump's Lies Are Fatally Wounding Our Democracy http://time.com/5048402/donald-trump-michael-flynn-russia-lies/ 20 comments politics
- Citizens United Anniversary: How Anthony Kennedy Turned American Democracy Into an ‘Open Sewer’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/citizens_united_anniversary_how_anthony_kennedy_american_democracy_20160122 4 comments politics
- Has democracy reached a breaking point? http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/world/democracy-breaking-point/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28rss%3A+cnn+-+politics%29 16 comments politics
- On the political situation in Portugal: an opinion from the Right on the gravity of the Presidential address, limitation of democracy and the EU [in Portuguese, translation in comments] http://www.publico.pt/politica/noticia/declaracao-de-guerra-1712150?page=-1 19 comments europe
- Erdoğan plan for super-presidency puts Turkey's democracy at stake http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/erdogan-plan-for-super-presidency-puts-turkeys-democracy-at-stake 15 comments europe
- Russian Support For Democracy Just Hit The Lowest Level In More Than 20 Years http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2015/03/26/russian-support-for-democracy-just-hit-the-lowest-level-in-more-than-20-years/ 6 comments europe
- The case that saved Indian democracy. Interesting. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-case-that-saved-indian-democracy/article4647800.ece#.uxc1ldgpcqy.reddit 3 comments india
- It’s time to make voting constitutional. Unlike citizens in every other advanced democracy (and other developing ones), Americans don’t have a right to vote http://www.salon.com/2013/01/30/its_time_to_make_voting_constitutional_partner/ 4 comments politics
- A Brutal Assault: Democracy Loses as Romania Spins out of Control http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/democracy-the-loser-in-romanian-power-struggle-a-843449.html 20 comments europe
- The GOP War on Democracy: How Conservatives Shamelessly Disenfranchise People Who Vote Democrat http://www.pdacommunity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=891:the-gop-war-on-democracy-how-conservatives-shamelessly-disenfranchise-people-who-vote-democrat&catid=88:articles&itemid=115 50 comments politics
- In this extended interview, former vice president and Current TV chairman Al Gore tells Keith Olbermann why our democracy is in real trouble from the bad decisions being made. http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/al-gore-on-why-washington-is-broken 3 comments politics
- US union leader has attacked a "corruption of democracy" after the Wisconsin senate approved a plan to strip public-sector unions of most of their collective bargaining rights. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12706251 4 comments politics
- Palestinian Astrophysicist in US Reunited with Wife & Three Remaining Children After Story of His 11-Year-Old Son's Death in Israeli Air Strike Broadcast on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/3/palestinian_astrophysicist_in_us_reunited_with 2 comments worldnews
- The Democracy Index http://www.economist.com/images/rankings/democracy.jpg 12 comments politics
- Why Democracies evolve into Dictatorships http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14605.htm 10 comments reddit.com
- Pirates pursued democracy, helped American colonies survive http://www.physorg.com/news70726212.html 17 comments reddit.com