After a month of ICE killings and deaths, now is the time for international soccer federations to punish the U.S. and pull ...

Global military spending is on the rise, while civil society actors who are defending democracy and social justice on the frontlines are receiving less and less funding. Feminist funding offers a ...

Valery Perry weighs US action in Venezuela and warns Europe may need alliances beyond Washington. Valery Perry of the Democratization Policy Council in Europe returns to discuss what U.S. action in ...

Stephanie Leiser is the Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, and a lecturer at University of Michigan. The Metro’s Sam Corey spoke with Leiser to learn more about a recent study ...

Across Europe, concerns about corruption and democratic backsliding are growing. This video examines whether these fears are justified and what’s driving the perception that power is moving away from ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Jan. 7, 2026, that it will cease all operations ...

President Donald Trump during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan. 3, 2026, the day U.S. forced captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Credit - Nicole ...

President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal ...

WHAT IS AMERICA’S plan for Venezuela? Three days after Nicolás Maduro was whisked out of Caracas by American special forces, the Trump administration struggles to give a clear answer. If the raid was ...

The Electoral College wasn’t an accident or a compromise—it was a safeguard. The founders feared mob rule, regional dominance, and emotional decision-making. Direct democracy was seen as unstable and ...