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  • As we each grapple with the direction of our nation in our hearts, we approach an unavoidable crossroad of consciousness.

  • Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the world long after he left the White House.

  • A confluence of Trump, selfishness, and the insular worlds of our smartphones will create a country unrecognizable to our forefathers and ancestors, writes .

  • Critical pedagogy must expose the false equivalence of capitalism and democracy, emphasizing that resisting fascism requires challenging capitalism.

  • If Democrats like Obama are truly interested in pluralism, they should consider being gracious in defeat and listening to the needs of voters instead of talking past them with abstractions like .

  • The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland have expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as .

  • Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss,’ the former president wrote in 2022.

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  • Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.

  • This, at least, is the portrait drawn by the State Democracy Index, developed by Jake Grumbach, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, who has been measuring the strength of .

  • With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say.

  • As President-elect Trump prepares to enter the White House for the second time, he’s reiterated his desire to pursue those he feels wronged him.