As the US prepares for Election Day, the consequences of the vote are drawing nigh. The election results, however they are reported and certified (certification itself looms in the days following the election), the nation will no longer be the same on November 6th… It is time to ask what is truly on the ballot. […]
Category: Freedom of the Press
Democracy ‘Backsliding’

To look at some 200 nations of the world and ask how democracy’s doing these days is to witness what’s being called ‘backsliding’. Signs of loss in democratic norms are global and the world wide web — the Internet with its social media storms — is pushing breakdowns. Democracy’s ‘backsliding’ & its breakdowns are all-too-real
Charlie Hebdo

Twelve dead in Paris terror — From around the world, support for values under attack — Freedom of the press, free speech, liberty, universal values and rights brave men and women for generations have fought to defend