Young People Rally for #NetNeutrality
Thursday December 7 saw nationwide rallies to protest Federal Communications Commission director Ajit Pai’s promise to end Net Neutrality at the FCC’s...
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Thoughts on the House passage of a draconian repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and on withdrawing rights people have enjoyed and come to take for granted.
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A Fable for Our Time: The Queen of the Frogs
Discussing a book I translated from Portuguese, The Queen of the Frogs, which since last November has become a timely story of democracy’s erosion.
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Remembering, and Learning From, Mário Soares (1924-2017)
Remembering the life of Mário Soares, Portugal’s first elected prime minister after the dictatorship, and what we can learn today from his courageous work.
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Lost Your Democracy? How Long Will It Take to Get It Back?
How long did it take countries in the 20th century to get their democracy back after they’d lost it? On average, 21 years.
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