The US Supreme Court on Monday extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election. Mr Trump hailed the ruling as a “big win for democracy”. In a […]
If we’ve learned anything about elections in Florida, it’s that some factors are simply beyond a candidate’s control. It might rain cats and dogs on election day, prompting voters to stay home. Inattentive voters can mistakenly choose the wrong candidate. The layout of the ballot itself can prompt some voters to miss it and skip […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump skimmed over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, shifted blame for the violent mob siege and declined repeatedly to state unequivocally that he will accept the results of this year’s White House election. And President Joe Biden, who has said the work […]
US President Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former president Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him. Mr Biden’s halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in Thursday […]
US president Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former US president Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him. Mr Biden’s halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in […]
Is public education the foundation of American democracy, as NEA President Becky Pringle tweeted earlier this spring? Well, no, not literally. The American experiment that started in 1776 long predated any sort of public education. It’s true that Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote some nice words about the value of education, […]
President Biden has long depicted Trump as a major threat to democracy in the US. Biden used the argument against the GOP in 2022, with many Democrats later praising the strategy. But a new WaPo-George Mason Univ. poll shows that swing-state voters are giving Trump an edge on the issue. President Joe Biden has staked […]
Virginia Kase Solomón (Photo: Common Cause) If there’s a most troubling issue facing our nation and its elected leaders at the dawn of the summer of 2024, many observers believe it is the state of our democracy. In the aftermath of the failed January 6, 2021 insurrection and subsequent widespread threats of violence and retribution […]
As the 20th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival gathered steam Thursday and Friday—both in attendance and in actual heat—one nonprofit organization took advantage of the colorful chaos to promote democracy and civic engagement. Under a bright, disco-bedecked tent in the nonprofit portion of Centeroo sat Headcount, a national nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes voter registration […]
As the 20th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival gathered steam Thursday and Friday—both in attendance and in actual heat—one nonprofit organization took advantage of the colorful chaos to promote democracy and civic engagement. Under a bright, disco-bedecked tent in the nonprofit portion of Centeroo sat Headcount, a national nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes voter registration […]
In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack, there were some prominent billionaires who kept their distance from Donald Trump, but that period has apparently come to an end. As Politico reported this week, many “high-dollar donors at banks, hedge funds and other financial firms” have re-embraced the presumptive Republican nominee, thanks in large part […]
People in 34 countries around the world have more confidence in President Joe Biden than his challenger in November’s election, former President Donald Trump, even as there is increased skepticism that United States democracy provides a good model for the rest of the world to follow, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center […]