The increasing number of cases involving the abuse of the Information Law has contributed to the decline of freedom indices from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s to Joko Widodo’s time.
The stage is set and the cast members are in their places for impeachment hearings.
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Since its beginnings, theater has been where the public can see what was happening, a venue for transparency and a point of view on real-life scenarios. It defines the American political landscape.
Québec politician Catherine Dorion has been criticized for wearing informal attire in the provincial legislative chamber.
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Québec Solidaire politician Catherine Dorion sparked controversy with her garb in the provincial legislature but this issue has caused uproars in parliaments around the world.
Education minister Dan Tehan has been making funding announcement gradually, increasing uncertainty for researchers.
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The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Sandy Hook lawsuit may lead to a flood of litigation, which ultimately may compel the gun industry to change the way it designs, markets and sells firearms.
Abortion rights advocates wear pink shirts while opponents wear red at a public hearing in Boston.
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Contrary to stereotypes of nepotism and corruption, African governments such as Ghana’s work hard to respond to need over politics. They can mostly resist politics, but not entirely.
Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau, accompanied by his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, arrives at Rideau Hall in 2015 for the swearing in of his new gender-balanced cabinet.
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“Because it’s 2015” became a rallying cry for gender parity when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named his first cabinet that year but equality is still not the norm in the world.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with Rep. Katie Hill and her husband, Kenny Heslep, in January 2019.
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Discussing the mental health of leaders such as Donald Trump is controversial. But it’s vital to understanding how disordered leaders rise to power.
The process will also develop ways to get more Indigenous input to state and local decisions, especially on the issue of service delivery.
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Two prominent Indigenous Australians have been appointed to chair a senior advisory group to oversee an extensive process for developing options for an Indigenous “voice to government”.
Bloc Québecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet greets his supporters during a celebration on election night in Montréal.
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The Bloc Québécois was written off as politically dead before it aligned itself with the CAQ government’s law on secularism. Now it’s moved into third place in Parliament in a stunning comeback.
By giving minister positions to both supporting and opposing parties, Jokowi seems to want to consolidate political power in this second government period.
How do you pronounce ‘Muslim’? What about ‘spiel’?
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Thousands of people turned out for the march for climate on Sept. 27 but new questions have arisen about the form these protests will take in the future.