The scenes of the insurrection in the United States Capitol last Wednesday, January 6, will go down in history as the moment when the oldest and most ‘exceptional’ democracy in the world trembled.
The assault on the Capitol shook American democracy for a few hours. The lesson democracies should learn is: Beware of voting for a scorpion because it will end up stinging you.
COVID-19 and climate change are two sides of the same coin. To overcome both we must confront their root cause: an economic system that is killing the planet.
With Washington in violent turmoil, Georgia’s historic result provides a model for rebuilding trust in a broken political system. But will Democrats heed the lesson?
Back on my Channel Island home during the pandemic, researching a secretive taxpayer investment made me realise just how strange the place I grew up is.
Who is more threatening to Brazil’s democracy? Bolsonaro – an openly and unapologetically authoritarian politician-cum-populist leader or the Centrão – a party coalition that prioritises financial gains and positions of power over political agendas?
