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.
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How Russia helped swing the election for Trump
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How Donald Trump could make Venezuela’s crisis dramatically worse
10 votes -
Martin Sellner: The new face of the far right in Europe
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US President Donald Trump's China trade war isn't a 'new Cold War'
8 votes -
The death of consensus: How conflict came back to politics
7 votes -
No, I will not debate you
47 votes -
What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez think about the South China Sea?
12 votes -
The reclusive hedge-fund tycoon behind the Trump presidency
6 votes -
Germany ousts spymaster over far-right violence row
10 votes -
"American democracy is in crisis" - Hillary Clinton
16 votes -
Canada betrays its own citizens. Hassan Diab's case is among its most egregious.
8 votes -
Catalan separatists pack Barcelona to demand split from Spain
5 votes -
Canada's notwithstanding clause — what's that again?
6 votes -
Autocracy: Rules for Survival - 2016 - Russian-born journalist Masha Gessen reflects on the election of Donald Trump
4 votes -
Who failed Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or the West?
8 votes -
“Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy
28 votes -
The Republican approach to US voter fraud: Lie
14 votes -
Why obvious lies make great propaganda
19 votes -
The rise of Brazil’s far‑right
9 votes -
US police pulled fake ‘Antifa’ list from neo-Nazi site and used it to target random people who’d signed an anti-Donald Trump petition
33 votes -
US and Mexico reach a trade deal, paving the way to replace NAFTA
11 votes -
The myth of John McCain
20 votes -
Why equality is unhelpful as a political goal
9 votes -
It’s OK to call racists ‘racist’
17 votes -
What does it take to impeach a president?
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As GOP scandals multiply, Democrats frame a careful message on corruption
8 votes -
USA and Australia are dysfunctional: Hyper-partisanship is killing two great democracies
16 votes -
Gospels of giving for the new gilded age: Are today’s donor classes solving problems—or creating new ones?
8 votes -
Fascist activists have spent the last year trying to win over police
17 votes -
How Cambodia’s prime minister rigged an election
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Introducing Ursal — Union of Socialist Republics of Latin America, Brazil's latest meme craze
9 votes -
MIT launches massive election data trove, ranks US election efficiency
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America might be ready for democratic socialism. It’s not ready for the bill.
16 votes -
What next for Myanmar’s Rohingya?
3 votes -
Things Fall Apart
9 votes -
Exclusive: Hacked emails take us inside the billionaires’ club around Vladimir Putin
4 votes -
It started as a fairly routine tweet from an inoffensive source - Canada's foreign affairs ministry. But in just a few days it escalated into a world-class diplomatic clash.
14 votes -
Democrats should get real with White working-class voters
13 votes -
The mainstream media always says "the n-word", but what will happen when we have tape of Trump saying it?
Will they censor it? I sort of imagine when the "shit hole" countries thing and the "Grab them by the pussy" thing happened it will be similar. I'm just watching the news and they have not once...
Will they censor it? I sort of imagine when the "shit hole" countries thing and the "Grab them by the pussy" thing happened it will be similar. I'm just watching the news and they have not once said the "n-word" YET
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“Last year they came with torches—this year, with badges” - Report from anti-fascist marches in Charlottesville
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Tillerson's war: The invasion of Qatar
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The great game at the top of the world: Geopolitics in the Himalayas
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Democrats complain about Green Party "spoilers," but few back a solution: ranked choice voting
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After mainstream exposure, QAnon is starting to fracture
16 votes -
Russia is quietly seizing territory in Georgia as it warns of a ‘horrible conflict’ if the Eurasian country joins NATO
21 votes -
Trump admin cuts staff at financial markets watchdog
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The shadow rulers of the Veterans Affairs - How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago members are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies
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China announces retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion in US goods
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It's looking extremely likely that QAnon is a leftist prank on Trump supporters
11 votes