#democracy

#democracy

The frame, magnificently ornate and gilded, was intended for royalty and originally surrounded a portrait of British King George II that hung in the college's Nassau Hall.

"We are building the movement. We are pulling more people in, and we're keeping them engaged and activated."

The right to vote is often described as the cornerstone of American democracy. Yet the ability to exercise that right depends on something more basic: whether citizens possess the practical means to participate in the systems that govern their lives.

The Walrus Debate asks a timely question: Can Politics Be Civil Again? It brings together former political leaders to model respectful disagreement and explore dialogue's role in rebuilding public trust.

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit's central message cut through the noise of electoral politics: secure a brighter future by correcting the wrongs of the past. His party specifically reached out to those whose concerns often go unheard: students, working-class and rural voters.

The EU resolution stated that it 'strongly condemns the continued arbitrary detention of democratically elected President Bazoum and his wife.' The EU further demanded their 'immediate and unconditional release.'

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens , a Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, and Seth Klarman '79, CEO and portfolio manager of The Baupost Group and 2026 Hatfield Fellow, will offer "On Democracy, Conservatism and Journalism: A Conversation with Bret Stephens" March 6 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium in Klarman Hall.

Worldwide, autocracies are on the rise, populists are gaining momentum, democratic societies are under pressure. Wars, inflation, fear of economic decline are causing great uncertainty. The "Germany-Monitor 2025" shows that the vast majority of Germans believe in democracy, and that support for democracy as a form of government is increasing, especially in the east of the country. This was announced by the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, Elisabeth Kaiser, in Berlin on Thursday this week:

We're not going to keep going to work and boosting the world's greatest economy in exchange for us to give up on democracy. If we have to destroy the stock market to save democracy, we need to accept that and, more importantly, the richest and the most powerful people in the world and in this country need to understand that that is a real possibility. There is no economic stability without democratic stability. If you take away our democratic stability, we will take away