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The United States and China. <a href=https://pixabay.com/illustrations/america-china-commerce-3582772/>CREDIT: mohamed_hassan (CC)</a>

MAR 12, 2019 Article

Vote Democracy!

"Democracy's true importance lies in cost calculations of comparative worst-case scenarios," writes Claudia Meng, who grew up in Shanghai. "Populism's draw on Messianism in sole ...

Youth celebrating the third anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution. <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/magharebia/11982827934/in/photolist-9bQgeD-9aAhCz-9dqsYW-9YgHcq-9bNYLG-9pkN1c-9cMpkH-9i9bv4-9mhsCr-9apkEC-abqUdk-9cgTqX-cefte3-abtJ1d-9xZ6qk-aqAfcJ-eh2E2X-auBAWG-9jUx8n-bmucdT-9EdQhn-9cDQ6m-9cQtbC-9cLmPn-9cMofP-jfT8gC-awWALv-ac1wAX-9jXBuu-9cQuqY-9i9by4-9gWkR1-9cPsoJ-9gTePa-9biquQ-9icgKW-9icgHo-9icRAJ-bu2vSb-9biqa7-9bhDvj-ap7TV8-9NVrKF-9VbGfx-9bfi7t-9biq41-9ckJ4f-9cMndn-26ZidB8-9i9bQ6>CREDIT: Magharebia (CC)</a>

MAR 12, 2019 Article

What the Tunisian Revolution Taught Me about Democracy

"The rights and protections that democracy endows can be dangerous if a country is not prepared for it. If a country lacks alternative political leaders ...

National Police of Colombia. <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colombian_Police_(13723171433).jpg>CREDIT: Wikimedia (CC)</a>

MAR 12, 2019 Article

Democracy is What We Choose and Uphold

"Looking at both the United States and Colombia, with their different foundations and distinct problems, it seems that these political issues seem to take off ...

Voting for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana. <A href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghana_Election_Day_2016-12-07_P02_B002.jpg> CREDIT: U.S. Embassy in Ghana (CC)</a>

MAR 12, 2019 Article

Democracy in Ghana

"If you think it is fair to give everyone a level playing field; if you think that human dignity and rights must be preserved at ...

Centro Popular de la Memoria in Rosario, Argentina (in English, "Former illegal center of detention, torture and disappearance of persons, 1976–1979"). <A href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centro_Popular_de_la_Memoria_Rosario.jpg>CREDIT: Wikimedia (CC)</a>

MAR 12, 2019 Article

The "Dirty War" and the History of Democracy in Argentina

"Traveling from the United States for the first time at age 17, I thought I knew the definition of democracy: a system in which the representatives ...