The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

The EU's new political advertising regulations, which come into force in October 2025, resulted in Meta and Google platforms choosing to discontinue political and social advertising throughout Europe.

William Partlett is the Stephen Charles Fellow at the Centre for Public Integrity Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the ...

Dear friends, thank you very much for inviting me here. Today, I want to share three messages with you all. My first message is that democracy is not just another ideology. Democracy is the system ...

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As we watch our democracy being chipped away, it appears there is no one telling Donald Trump, “No.” Every new executive order ramps up the takeover Trump has planned. He is micromanaging the ...

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Taiwan’s version of the “democracy sausage” – a public display at the Presidential Palace, Taipei, August 2025. Credit: Cathy Harper “Taiwan is on the front line,” Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Dr. Lin ...

In an authoritarian state, the leader engages in unconstitutional or undemocratic practices for the purpose of consolidating power. Key components of authoritarianism include rejecting democratic ...

The partisan fight to draw maps that determine how Americans are represented has entered a dangerous spiral. Texas is racing ahead with a mid-decade congressional redraw designed to lock in additional ...

The Department of Homeland Security says it has begun “Operation Midway Blitz,” a stepped-up mass deportation campaign spearheaded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Monday’s announcement came ...