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Maine Has Nation’s Top Democracy; Alabama Ranks Last
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lawmakers in South Carolina voted last week to remove the Confederate…
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Hong Kong Lawmakers Reject Beijing-Backed Election Plan
KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers defeated the government’s Beijing-backed election plan Thursday, vindicating pro-democracy…
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Is Democracy Overrated?
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Long before China and India became the economic wonders of Asia, there was Singapore,…
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Neutering Democracy in Michigan
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist You may not have heard about this. Earlier this month, a piece of legislation was…
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‘Yellow Umbrella’ App Lets you Play Hong Kong Democracy Protester
Sean Silbert and Julie Makinen, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BEIJING (The L.A. Times)—Hong Kong’s democracy protesters are fighting off…
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U.S. Trails More than 100 Countries in Voter Turnout
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Lost in the frenzy to erect barriers to voting, including reducing the hours available…
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Mozambique Elections Declared Free and Clear
Emmanuel Camillo and Lynsey Chutel, ASSOCIATED PRESS MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Observer missions declared Mozambique’s national election free and fair as votes continued…
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Fresh Clashes in Hong Kong as Pro-Democracy Activists Regroup
Clare Baldwin and James Pomfret, REUTERS (Reuters)—Hong Kong riot police used pepper spray and baton charged crowds of pro-democracy protesters on Friday…
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Michigan: Where Democracy Used to Live!
By Wendell Anthony NNPA Guest Columnist One Hundred- and 80 years ago in his journey across America to report…
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Democracy on Trial
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist On Election Day, I found myself thinking about Venezuela. In the context of a hotly…
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