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In July and August of 2024 in Bangladesh, student protesters' push for change drove the authoritarian prime minister out of ...
After mass protests, Ukraine's government enacts a law restoring independence to anti-corruption watchdogs, quelling what ...
A prominent Georgian journalist was convicted Wednesday of slapping a police chief during an anti-government protest and sentenced to two years in prison in a case that was condemned by rights ...
The Trump administration is reportedly weighing plans to establish a “domestic civil disturbance” force of hundreds of ...
Authorities in Belarus unleashed a new wave of raids and detentions against government critics who took part in opposition ...
Opinion

Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 8 The New York Times say Trump is letting TikTok, and China, win Not so long ago, the confrontation between the U.S.
The authoritarian playbook is laid bare here ... when asked about the possibility of running for president even as he runs for a rare third term as Illinois governor. On Monday, Pritzker said he loves ...
President Donald Trump’s suggestion he may send federal troops to Chicago, "which is a disaster," drew a sharp rebuke from Gov. JB Pritzker, who compared it to the Nazi rise in the 1930s.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday likened President Donald Trump’s call for possible National Guard troops occupying Chicago to when the Nazi Party in Germany “tore down a constitutional republic” ...
"It is an artist's responsibility to be the voice of change. And change is not safe,” Rebecca Meyer-Larson said.
Anthony Scaramucci, speaking with radio host Tom Swarbrick at Drive, said ‘there is a very real existence of 'kompromat' ― compromising material collected for blackmail and extortion purposes.
Well, she finally said the quiet part out loud. Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez stood in Mexico, of all places, and ...