democracy
No, really, we’re totally fighting for democracy
Paul Wells: On Ukraine, the Liberal government’s actions and rhetoric are starkly out of proportion. It is government by champion self-aggrandizers.
The world needs social democracy now, more than ever
Ed Broadbent: Just as a better world emerged after the Great Depression, we now have an opportunity to create a country that works for all Canadians. Here’s how to do it.
The hard-working politicians who keep our democracy going
The Maclean’s Parliamentarians of the Year awards: This year more than ever, it’s important to recognize the people in elected office
The attack on the Capitol and how to protect ‘the home of the people’
Former Sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers talks to Marie-Danielle Smith about the difficult balance between security and openness, and the dangers of building walls
Will nostalgia define the next four years in American politics?
Adnan R. Khan: President-elect Joe Biden’s emerging cabinet suggests he is more interested in reset than reform. Is that what America really needs?
Twitter and Facebook have gifted America a Trojan Horse
Andrew MacDougall: Social media has painted us into an awful corner where truth never catches up to the lie and emotion only ever ratchets up
This year has taught us that democracy is not unshakeable
The worst system except for all the others has been under attack for years. Trump just made us notice.
The pandemic has finally busted the myth that rich countries can overcome anything
The awful response to the pandemic put the final nail in the myth of liberal democracy’s pre-eminence
The real reason authoritarian populism is on the rise: it’s simple
American-Polish writer Anne Applebaum probes the decline of a just society in the U.S., Britain and Poland in a new book, titled ‘Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism’
Can democracy survive the coronavirus?
Dave Moscrop: Our practices and institutions are stable and functional—until they’re not
Iowa, Wolf Blitzer, and the end of America
Scott Gilmore: The United Nations has sent election monitoring teams to better organized countries than America. Brace for chaos.
New world disorder
Terry Glavin: Riots as far as the eye can see. And even in the world’s most stable democracies, the absence of street protestors masked a loss of public confidence in governing institutions.