Elections
Philippines faces bleak future after Marcos Jr. election victory
May 25, 2022Bongbong’s team mastered social media, particularly TikTok. A wholesale rewriting of Philippine history—and his family’s place in it—was achieved through short, sharp video clips.
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Republican plant runs for D.C. city council on Democratic ticket
May 25, 2022Salah Czapary says he’s a Democrat, but his connections to Trumpism and a big police agenda suggest otherwise.
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Labor Party wins election, but who really rules Australia?
May 24, 2022One of the striking features of Australian federal elections is their increasingly undemocratic nature and Americanization
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Dem progressives win primaries but on GOP side it’s Trumpites
May 18, 2022In Pennsylvania, Democratic progressive Fetterman wins; Any Republican emerging as his opponent will be a threat to democracy.
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Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., son of right-wing dictator, elected Philippines president
May 10, 2022Democracy and human rights are set for further reversals after the brutality of the Duterte years.
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