Should political parties really let anyone run for president? ~misc politics Article 1106 words, published Jul 25 2019 10 votes
Give political power to ordinary people: To fight elite capture of the state, it’s time to consider sortition, or the assignment of political power through lotteries ~misc politics Article 2143 words 14 votes
Democracy's Dilemma: Democracies rely on free exchange of ideas and information, but that can also be weaponized. How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—this? ~misc politics Article 4619 words, published May 15 2019 11 votes
Craigslist's nerdy founder wants to change the world -- starting with your daily news ~tech Article 3335 words 11 votes
Facebook’s Libra and national monetary sovereignty: A tale of two monopolies ~finance cryptocurrency Article 914 words 4 votes
UK forms citizens’ assembly on climate change ~enviro climate change Article 567 words, published Jun 20 2019 7 votes
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 ~misc 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. ~news sudan politics crime.war Article 1726 words 7 votes
Fearful of losing power, Thailand’s army opts for democracy lite ~misc 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. ~misc politics Article 2590 words 10 votes
The claim that democracy fares better in the West than in Africa is a fallacy ~misc 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. ~misc 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") ~misc politics Article 1850 words, published Jan 1 2019 10 votes
Spurning Erdoğan's vision, Turks leave in droves, draining money and talent ~news 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 ~misc politics Article 1390 words 6 votes
Seattle’s radical plan to fight big money in politics: swamp it with little money ~misc politics Article 3251 words 8 votes
The news is bad in Hungary: "Viktor Orban didn’t like what the press was reporting, so he took it over." ~misc 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. ~misc 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