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Pankaj Mishra: China's developmental state says no to liberalism
Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political...Tags: Interior Policy, China, Germany, Xi Jinping, Pension and Welfare
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's emerging middle class drives growth and democracy
ReutersBy Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG, May 10 (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers....Tags: Services and Shopping, Marketing, International Economic Institution, Consumers, Africa
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USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders
WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...
Tags: Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Freedom of the Press, Hosni Mubarak, Elections
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The filibuster kills gun legislation and democracy
President Obama called it a shameful day for the Senate. A survivor of the Tucson shooting that wounded Gabby Giffords shouted from the gallery, "Shame on you." This was the response to the rejection of gun control. I was tempted to write the "voting...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Government, Elections
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Rich liberal donors throw weight behind Obama agenda
WASHINGTON — An influential network of some of the country's wealthiest liberal political donors is steering resources to an advocacy group backing President Obama's agenda and to organizations working to pass immigration reform, providing a surge...Tags: Gun Control, Think Tanks, Personal Weapon Control, David Koch, Economy, Business and Finance
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David Graeber looks at the Occupy movement, from the inside
"It's a difficult business," writes David Graeber, "creating a new, alternative civilization." Just open a window or turn on the TV — the same old civilization is rotting all around us. Budget cuts, police shootings, endless and ever-broadening...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Book, Religion and Belief, Economy, Business and Finance, Philosophy
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'Arab Spring,' once an inspiration, now a more cautionary tale
Two years ago, the "Arab Spring" that deposed dictators and demagogues was an inspiration to hundreds of millions of repressed souls across the Middle East who yearned for a say in how they were governed. Today, with the Egyptian economy in ruins,...
Tags: Libya, Saudi Arabia, Government, Arab Spring, Hosni Mubarak
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Reforms inch along in Pakistan
Pakistan is beset by a torrent of maladies. Its government is bankrupt. Its economy is mired in stagflation as the population booms. Terrorists strike all corners of the country. Civil conflict in its largest city, Karachi, has evolved from feuds...
Tags: Government, Pakistan, Elections, Pervez Musharraf, Taliban
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Election Cross-Endorsements Serve Voters
The Hartford CourantIn the past few years, there has been a disturbing push in a number of states toward limiting the right to vote and raising barriers to participation in democracy. Not in Connecticut. When it comes to ensuring an inclusive and fair democracy that...Tags: Voting, Slavery, Political Fundraising, Libertarian Party, Elections
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Interview: Why the world is losing faith in democracy
In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at ...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, China, Elections, Philippines, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Former Vermont Gov. backing VA House of Delgates candidates
Former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is throwing his weight behind Democratic candidates in the 2013 House of Delegates election. Dean, who lost the Democratic primary for president in 2004, announced Tuesday...Tags: Howard Dean, Government, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Elections, U.S. Air Force
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The morality brigade
We're still legislating and regulating private morality, while at the same time ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America. In recent weeks, Republican state legislators have decided to thwart the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in...
Tags: Head Start, Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Elections, Abortion Issue
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