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The press up to the challenge . That will be our big story today. As we cover the president , we have to cover his crowds as well, oftentimes the crowds are the more interesting story, why they respond to his provocations. Why they chant, send her back. We need to show this is all a part of a pattern. This pattern can be trasd back to 1979 when five black teenagers were later exonerated. Fast forward two decade, he promulgated the lie president obama was not born in the United States. A lie many...

On Thursday, November 16, at 13.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference entitled "Country recovery roadmap: seven challenges of recovery and how to overcome them" using the example of three regions: Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv. The project is being implemented with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation. Participants include Deputy Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksa...

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has been urged to pass the Political Financing Act before the next general election.  

Two UC Santa Cruz graduate students are working to showcase campus research focused on preventing, responding to, and addressing gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination with a new online spotlight series.

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Thursday said that the no-trust motion is a democratic practice.

The One Window Service Units (OWSU) across the country provided administrative services to more than 440,000 people in 2021, generating more than $21 million in revenue for state coffers. Senior Ministry of Interior officials said the ministry will continue with reforms aimed at improving their efficiency in providing public services at the local level.

Political polarization has been an increasingly salient point of discussion since the 2016 presidential campaign, the election of Donald Trump, and into today. Beyond emphasizing partisan and issue-based divides, scholars have identified emotion-based...

Decolonising Democracy Practice For Social And Institutional Reform Dr. Siri Gamage Given the recent experience in the US, it is important to critically reflect on the notion of democracy and democratic practice in contemporary societies. During the Trump years, the governance process was used to drive the political discourse and action in a certain way to benefit a popular – right wing- ideology.  His government changed some institutions and policies to fit this overall ideology labelled in...