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by Judith Browne Dianis onSeptember 28, 2011
Your Take: Emergency managers and tougher voter-ID laws are the latest efforts to thwart black voters.
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October 1, 2009
I don’t agree with Rep. Grayson’s remarks any more than I agree with the actions of Rep. Joe Wilson, who could not restrain himself from yelling “You lie!” at the President of the United States of America. But they show that members of Congress are not the mature adults we all deserve working on our behalf in Washington, D.C.
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August 13, 2009
Speaking to a town hall in Abuja on the last legs of her ten-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used Bush v. Gore to relate to the embattled democracy. Did her diplomatic comparison go too far?
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onApril 13, 2009
We can pretty much guess what will happen in South Africa's election. What we don’t know is how this young democracy will handle its growing pains.
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by Sundaa Bridgett Jones onFebruary 18, 2009
Throughout the '80s and '90s, a growing number of people around the world were able to express themselves and organize without fear of reprisal. Today, there are disconcerting signs of a retreat.
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January 6, 2009
Democracy does not necessarily mean instability.
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by Rose-Anne Clermont onDecember 16, 2008
The persistent pattern of voting problems in U.S. elections is eroding our image as the world's model democracy.
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