democracy

  • HONDURAS ELECTIONS A TEST FOR DEMOCRACY IN A FAILED STATE

    TEGUCIGALPA – A teenage boy is crouched to the side of a building entrance, his tear-stained face staring blankly past the police ribbon stretched across the intersection. Inside, a group of indigenous Hondurans are gathered, having traveled to the capital to denounce what they say is the government’s ongoing...
  • Las auditorías electorales amenazan la democracia

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services Un nuevo informe del Centro Brennan para la Justicia examina las llamadas ‘auditorías’ ya en marcha o propuestas para cinco estados que votaron sustituir a Donald Trump por Joe Biden como presidente en las elecciones del 3 de noviembre, 2020. “Mientras que los detalles...
  • Election Audits Threaten Democracy  

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services A new report by the Brennan Center for Justice examines so-called ‘audits” either under way or proposed for five states that voted to replace Donald Trump with Joe Biden as president in the Nov. 3, 2020 election. “While details differ, in every case, the...
  • DOUBLE STAIN FOR DEMOCRACY

    More than 150 million citizens cast their vote at the polls on November 3, in a historic participation day for the American people. The result was incontrovertible, more than 81 million people voted for now president-elect Joe Biden, and more than 74 million for current president Donald Trump.  Based...
  • DOBLE MANCHA PARA LA DEMOCRACIA

    Más de 150 millones de ciudadanos depositaron su voto en las urnas el 3 de noviembre, en una jornada de participación histórica para el pueblo estadounidense.  El resultado fue incontrovertible, más de 81 millones de personas votaron a favor del ahora presidente electo Joe Biden, y más de 74 millones...
  • VOTERS OF COLOR RESTORED DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA IN 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

    In a country that is polarized and hurt by COVID-19 and a divisive leadership, a massive turnout of voters resulted in a close election where Democrat Joe Biden was pushed across the finish line by large majorities of voters of color. On Saturday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were...
  • VOTANTES DE COLOR RESTAURARON LA DEMOCRACIA EN AMÉRICA EN LAS ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES DE 2020

    En un país polarizado y herido por COVID-19 y un liderazgo divisivo, una participación masiva de votantes resultó en una elección cerrada donde el demócrata Joe Biden fue empujado a cruzar la línea de meta por una gran mayoría de votantes de color. Este sábado pasado, Joe Biden y...
  • IMPEACHMENT NEEDS DEFIINITIION AND CLARIFICATION

    It was obvious to me during the Presidential Impeachment Trial that the term impeachment needed a more precise definition and clarification. When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi initiated the impeachment process when she heard (as did I on the TV program covering this incident) President Trump say to...
  • Needed Follow-ups Following the Robert Mueller Report

    National Public Radio (KQED FM 88.5, San Francisco, CA) broadcast on July 24, 2019, the entire Robert Mueller personal testimony (about three hours) when questioned by Democratic members of the House’s Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler, Chairman. A Republican Judicial Committee also interviewed Mueller with the obvious goal of protecting...
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