Christians hold signs as they march on the streets of Abuja calling for peace and security in Nigeria.
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Recent incidents have been read as a campaign against Christians, but other religious groups feel they are targets too.
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Homeless voters represent a diverse electoral group; can their numbers turn the tide in elections?
Another era: then opposition leader Tony Abbott (left) with Q&A presenter Tony Jones during the 2010 election campaign.
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The stakes are too high for business as usual on the flagship program
J.D. Vance, who won Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, calls neoreactionist Curtis Yarvin a friend.
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The explicitly anti-democratic movement seems to have the ear of a major GOP donor – along with at least two GOP front-runners for the US Senate.
Indonesia’s first and only female president Megawati Sukarnoputri at a campaign rally in 1999.
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Four different female presidents led three Asian nations in recent decades. What does their legislative record tell us about the impact women leaders can have on women’s lives?
“We Will Never Be Frightened”: Young demonstrators holding a banner during a protest in Yangon yesterday.
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This week’s executions have reminded the world about what’s happening under the generals. It’s time for Australian policy to change
An electoral official counts votes at a polling station.
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Vote buying compromises the quality of public leadership in Nigeria.
Crowdfunding can be a great way to raise money for political candidates and causes, but it can also have unintended consequences.
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Crowdfunding has become a go-to means of raising money for political causes, but the monetary show of support can cause opponents to double down on their opposition.
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The federal government needs a transparent, merit-based process for all public appointments
A new U.S. quarter shows Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools.
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As a women’s rights activist, Nina Otero-Warren fought for the right for women to vote in New Mexico. Now, her image is featured on the US quarter.
Sinister terminology: Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin last month.AP Photo/, Pool) READ LESS.
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The Russian president might claim to be confronting hate speech, but he is drawing on the ideas of anti-Semitic extremists
Ethiopian women at a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in the country’s southern region.
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In democratic contexts, getting women into work empowers them. In autocracies like Ethiopia’s, this doesn’t hold. We found out why.
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From songs on the Spanish revolution to others on American Imperialism, Strummer’s lyrics inspired a generation of music-lovers to action.
Fellow travellers: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greets his Swedish Social Democrat counterpart, Magdalena Andersson, at the NATO summit last month.
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The pandemic has helped fuel a resurgence of social democratic parties
The world has seen widespread climate protests in recent years.
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Global climate movements have espoused nonviolence, but some are adopting more radical tactics in light of the increasing threats posed by climate change.
Going to plan? Victoria’s transport infrastructure minister, Jacinta Allan, tours Melbourne’s Parkville Station site in April.
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Infrastructure has been rife with controversy for years. Can a new department secretary make a difference?
Joe Biden is the oldest person to be sworn in as US president. New research shows politicians are likely to live longer than the populations they represent.
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The public expects transparency about politicians’ earnings, but it’s not the only area where elite groups have an advantage.
President Calvin Coolidge stands with members of a nonprofit group called the Daughters of 1812.
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US President Calvin Coolidge hasn’t gone down in history for his triumphs or failures as president during the 1920s – but his dry sense of humor carries on.
Premier Mark McGowan (left) with Anthony Albanese at Labor’s federal campaign launch in Perth last month.
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How does democracy cope with a huge imbalance in parliament?
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The government seems unaware that independent MPs carry an enormous workload