Citizens’ assemblies are a hot topic these days in democratic theory. Hélène Landemore gave her Tanner Lecture at University of Michigan last semester, describing her experience on the governance committee of the French Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life. Her account of how ordinary citizens could not only deliberate seriously about a contentious issue, […]
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'The depravity that millions of people had to endure in the name of the monarch. Even the clothing, the crown, the gems – everything is soaked in blood'
Paul Niland examines J D Vance's recent statements on the Trump plan to end the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours"
“Ukraine played a role.” Once again Russian disinformation networks are weaponising an attempt on the life of a US President
In one seventeenth-century panoramic drawing of London, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is mistakenly labeled “Beere-bayting.” The mistake is understandable—the arena in which live animals were tormented was cheek-by-jowl with the one in which epic history plays were staged. A few centuries from now, those looking back on the TV debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris […]
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Vice President Kamala Harris relentlessly prosecuted former President Donald Trump's record and character during their first televised showdown
So is Trump going to be able to pivot to pro-choice in the run-up to the election? I mean: he’s trying. But will it work? And will his pro-life base accept it, because he’s Trump? I hope no pro-choice voters are fooled. I hope they hold him responsible for overturning Roe. It’s beyond obvious they […]
The excitement that radiated through the Democratic National Convention was the other side of what had until recently been a deep despair.
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Where Biden’s campaign erred in building up Trump as a larger-than-life threat to democracy, Harris and other speakers sought to take him down with a series of jabs
The Democrats are showing "unprecedented" party unity this week – but the Uncommitted Movement has signalled that the fight over Gaza is far from over.