Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies ~enviro pollution Article 1108 words, published May 31 2019 4 votes
Defeating the voters: Across the United States, state autocrats are spurning democratic majorities ~humanities Article 2142 words, published May 14 2019 15 votes
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy ~news finland journalism Article 23 votes
Why we need to reinvent democracy for the long term ~society politics Article 1893 words, published Mar 5 2019 13 votes
Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy ~tech facebook social media Article 10 votes
Sudan’s longtime leader was ousted in a military coup. Protesters still want democracy. ~society politics Article 1726 words 7 votes
Fearful of losing power, Thailand’s army opts for democracy lite ~society politics Article 899 words 9 votes
Roger McNamee, FB investor, author "Zucked": mentoring Zuck, Russia, big data, surveillance-PT1 ~tech facebook privacy Video 57:00, published Mar 5 2019 5 votes
Even conservatives support Sweden’s welfare state. Here’s why. ~society politics Article 2590 words 10 votes
What happens when techno-utopians actually run a country ~society politics Article 9189 words 11 votes
The claim that democracy fares better in the West than in Africa is a fallacy ~society politics Article 1022 words, published Jan 25 2019 7 votes
Kim Stanley Robinson’s lunar revolution ~books science fiction Article 2488 words, published Jan 7 2019 4 votes
The noisy dispute over the meaning of populism is more than just an academic squabble – it’s a crucial argument about what we expect from democracy ~society politics Article 12 votes
What America can learn from the fall of the Roman republic (Interview with historian Edward Watts about his book "Mortal Republic") ~society politics Article 1850 words, published Jan 1 2019 10 votes
Spurning Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's vision, Turks leave in droves, draining money and talent ~news turkey Article 1038 words 12 votes
The Welfare State Is Committing Suicide by Artificial Intelligence: Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the process. ~tech Article 1341 words 6 votes
'It's going to be chaos': Thais to vote in February for first time in eight years ~news thailand politics Article 6 votes
Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook staff to research George Soros ~tech facebook social media Article 661 words 12 votes
'A cancer on democracy': The battle to end gerrymandering in America ~society politics Article 1390 words 6 votes
The news is bad in Hungary: "Viktor Orban didn’t like what the press was reporting, so he took it over." ~society politics Article 1062 words 11 votes
New technology favors tyranny. Yuval Noah Harrari on artificial intelligence, democracy, and the bigger picture ~tech Article 4581 words 6 votes
The Maldives has another shot at democracy – but it needs help. At last, the violent rule of Abdulla Yameen is over. But the nation has a long way to go if it is to restore trust in its institutions. ~society politics Article 728 words 7 votes
Across US, polling stations are slowly disappearing ~news usa politics Article 1813 words, published Sep 6 2018 13 votes
Can Mark Zuckerberg fix Facebook before it breaks democracy? ~tech facebook social media Article 14 330 words 31 votes
70 Years Ago, America Restored Democracy to Germany. Now Germany Wants to Return the Favor. ~news germany usa politics Article 1483 words 20 votes
Jawar Mohammed's red-carpet return signals Ethiopia's political sea change ~news ethiopia politics Article 1221 words 2 votes
How Cambodia’s prime minister rigged an election ~society politics Article 1067 words, published Aug 14 2018 3 votes
Canada doesn’t have an inheritance tax. For the sake of democracy, that needs to change. ~finance Article 938 words 23 votes
How Nicaragua’s good guys turned bad ~society politics Article 3491 words, published Jul 27 2018 3 votes
Zimbabwe’s historic elections: A case of leopards not changing their spots ~society politics Article 1051 words 7 votes
How Facebook is undermining democracy - Prof. Siva Vaidhyanathan ~tech facebook social media Video 5 votes
An unlikely group of billionaires and politicians has created the most unbelievable tax break ever ~finance economics Article 3508 words 13 votes
Defending democracy a generational struggle, Australian MPs warn ~news australia politics china Article 3 votes
Poland purges Supreme Court, and protesters take to streets ~news politics poland Article 1585 words 10 votes