Democracy articles
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Stickers and democracy sausages – time to give polling day some pizzazz
Low turnout in elections is bad for democracy. If we want more people to vote, why not make polling day more of a party? Asks John Oxley It’s polling day in London, and chances are that you’re not going to vote. Well, admittedly, as a reader of opinion columns you are probably among the more []
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Columbia Prof.: Radicalization of Students Is 'Threat to the United States' and Other Democracies
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Columbia Business School Professor Ran Kivetz stated that students have been radicalized on college campuses “for decades now” and “it’s a real long-term threat to the United States and
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Chinese student jailed in US for threatening pro-democracy activist
Wu Xiaolei’s nine-month sentence could deter similar behavior from China’s ‘Little Pinks’ overseas.