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US swing toward autocracy doesn’t have to be permanent – but swinging back to democracy requires vigilance, stamina and elections
US swing toward autocracy doesn’t have to be permanent – but swinging back to democracy requires vigilance, stamina and elections The United States is no longer a democracy. At least, that’s the verdict of one nonprofit, the Center for Systemic Peace, which measures regime qualities of countries worldwide based on the competitiveness and integrity of […]
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What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries Syrian army special forces in 2005, wearing pictures of their president, Bashar Assad, his father, Hafez, and brother, Basil, on their uniform, stand guard at a Lebanese military air base. Patrick Baz/AFP […]
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The sun is setting on government transparency in Florida – and secrecy creep is affecting the rest of the US, too
The sun is setting on government transparency in Florida – and secrecy creep is affecting the rest of the US, too Exemptions to Florida’s open records law now exceed high rises in Miami. DEA / V. GIANNELLA /via Getty Images Florida, the “Sunshine State,” once known as a beacon of government transparency, is growing ever […]
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