President Emmanuel Macron saw his decision to push through a change in the retirement age as necessary, but the price may be high.
Tag Archives: Democracy (Theory and Philosophy)
Macron Pushes Through Law in France Raising Retirement Age
Lacking parliamentary support, the French president used a special measure to circumvent a vote, a step likely to further enrage opponents.
Israeli Government Rejects President’s Judicial Compromise
President Isaac Herzog presented an outline he had hoped would calm the country and avert a constitutional crisis, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately rejected the framework.
A Chinese Commonwealth? An Unpopular Idea Resurfaces in Taiwan.
The war in Ukraine is causing many Taiwanese to rethink their relationship with China.
An Activist’s Flight Reveals Widening Repression in Algeria
Four years after a popular uprising fueled hopes for change and real democracy, the country’s government is using vaguely defined statutes to round up hundreds.
Disinformation Is Not the Real Problem With Democracy
Americans increasingly lack the information they need to participate in the political process.
Protests and the Future of Democracy in Israel
A government plan to overhaul the Supreme Court has prompted some of the biggest demonstrations in the country’s history.
Israel Judicial Overhaul: What Led to Protests of Netanyahu’s Plan
Israeli society is locked in a deep dispute over the future of its judiciary and democracy. The conflict is rooted in shifts of the last three decades.
Americans Are Getting Too Used to This Form of Rule
Executive latitude is necessary in a democracy, but emergency government shouldn’t be a permanent system.
As Judicial Plans Rock Israel, Secret Talks Seek Compromise
Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to restrict judicial independence have divided Israel. But a small group of academics has met privately with lawmakers in a search for middle ground.
Más de 100.000 personas marchan en México contra el Plan B
Se registraron manifestaciones en más de un centenar de ciudades del país contra una serie de medidas que van a limitar a la autoridad electoral y que, según sus funcionarios, dificultará garantizar elecciones libres y justas.
Large Crowds Across Mexico Protest Overhaul of Election Watchdog
Demonstrations took place in over 100 cities against the recent overhaul of the country’s electoral watchdog, which officials say could make fair and free elections difficult.
In Nigeria’s Presidential Election, A Rare Chance to Turn the Corner
In Nigeria’s presidential election on Saturday, voters are desperate to elect a leader who can unleash their youthful country’s potential and chart a new course after years of dashed hopes.
What Ford’s Pardon of Nixon Means (and Doesn’t Mean) for Trump
A presidential prosecution could help restore national confidence in the judicial system.
Why Ukraine Deserves Steadfast Support
One year since the Russian invasion, diplomacy has a chance only if Moscow accepts it can’t bring Kyiv to its knees, and the U.S. doesn’t waver.
It’s Time to Prepare for a Possible Trump Indictment
We need to prepare for a first in our history as a nation: the possible criminal prosecution of a former president.
Brazil’s Lula to Meet Biden at the White House
President Biden hosts Brazil’s new president on Friday in a refresh of the countries’ relations. The two leaders agree on the Amazon but are split on Ukraine.
The Relentless Attack on Trans People Is an Attack on All of Us
To deny equal respect and dignity to any part of the citizenry is to place the entire country on the road to tiered citizenship and limited rights.
How to Destroy (What’s Left of) the Mainstream Media’s Credibility
Objectivity is a hard standard, but good journalism can’t do without it.
There Are People Working on Getting Us to Hate Each Other Less. Is Their Quest Futile?
As the threat to democratic norms and procedures mount, there has been an explosion of research aimed at lowering the political temperature.
Joe Biden Has a Bully Pulpit, and He Should Focus It on the Supreme Court
The president must be clear about what the court has done, and what it may yet do.
Where American Democracy Isn’t Very Democratic
The problem of democracy and American law enforcement goes beyond questions of accountability.
The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves
Right now, the institution of American policing lies outside any meaningful democratic control.
Is Brazil’s Alexandre de Moraes Actually Good for Democracy?
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, was crucial to Brazil’s transfer of power. But his aggressive tactics are prompting debate: Can one go too far to fight the far right?
Which Leaders Resign, Like Jacinda Ardern? Often, the System Decides.
In parliamentary systems like New Zealand’s, it is the norm for leaders to step down when doing so may serve their party’s electoral prospects. In other political systems, leaving office early is rare.
Why the Ranks of Populism Are Filled With ‘Nasty’ Characters
What does this constant brinkmanship and playing to the gallery do to democracy generally?
With 50 Dead in Peru, a Referendum on Democracy
Weeks after the ouster of a leftist president, persistent protests and a mounting death toll have exacerbated widespread disillusionment with the country’s young democracy.
World Economic Forum in Davos Confronts a New Order
The Covid-19 pandemic, invasion of Ukraine, trend toward autocracy and economic inequalities challenge the World Economic Forum’s relevance.
How a Mob Tried to Oust Brazil’s Lula
The storming of Brazil’s capital failed to overthrow the elected government. But an examination of the attack reveals how extremism is threatening Latin America’s largest democracy.
Why Must We Go About Our Lives With an Eye on the Nearest Exit?
An “armed society” may or may not be a “polite society,” but it is far from being a democratic one.
A Vital Question for Brazil’s Democracy: Where Were the Police?
Their early inaction in Sunday’s riot shows how security forces can help empower violence and deepen the threat to democracy.
The Party’s Over for Us. Where Do We Go Now?
Is the G.O.P. beyond hope for two conservatives?
Brazil and Jan. 6
How Brazil’s riots compare to the Jan. 6 attack.
What the Insurrectionists of 2021 and 2023 Have in Common
Extreme opposition to social insurance and the safety net is a natural fit for an authoritarian movement that tried to overturn the constitutional order.
Brazil’s Protests Resemble the US Capitol Attack on Jan. 6
Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing former president of Brazil, had for months sought to undermine the results of an election that he lost, in much the same manner that Donald J. Trump did after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
If History Is Any Guide, McCarthy’s Chaotic House Speaker Vote Is Just the Beginning
Kevin McCarthy’s struggles are a sign of rupture for the G.O.P. — and trouble for the country.
In a Hospital Ward, the Wounds of a Failed Democracy Don’t Heal
Tunisia’s road to democracy began with a self-immolation, and such cases have filled hospital burn wards ever since, as elected leaders failed to deliver on a promise of prosperity.
What Will Last Year’s Wins Mean for Democracy
Last year’s democratic wins could have big implications.
As Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, Bolsonaro Flees to Florida
Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando.
Adam Schiff: Don’t Forget That Many Republicans in Congress Enabled Trump’s Big Lie
The Jan. 6 committee found that multiple laws were violated in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, and not just by Donald Trump’s foot soldiers.
Biden’s America Finds Its Voice
Zelensky reminds us of our timeless cause.
America Should Finish the Work the Jan. 6 Committee Started
Accountability is up to the Justice Department and American voters.
Was the World Collapsing? Or Were You Just Freaking Out?
In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.
With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters
The liberal justices should plead for — and thereby help legitimize — the imposition of external constraints on its powers.
How to Imagine a Different America
The lost radicalism of Thomas Skidmore.
How Will History Remember Jan. 6?
History is not just what happened. It is the meaning we make out of what happened and the story we tell with that meaning.
The Ideal of Democracy in a Jewish State Is in Jeopardy
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is a threat to the democratic future of Israel.
Three Michigan Men Sentenced for Aiding Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
The men, who were convicted of aiding a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, were given sentences that could put all three in prison for at least seven years.
Does World Trade Promote Peace? Maybe Not.
Suddenly, interdependence doesn’t look quite as benign as we thought.
Two Groups Quietly Spent $32 Million Rallying Voters Behind Voting Rights
The money largely went to state and local organizations that often focused on turning out young voters and people of color, including with messages about threats to freedom and democracy.