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Democracy: Acting Like We Own It

Democracy is way deeper than one vote every few years.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - When I was in prison for my nonviolent anti-nuclear actions, one of my disciplines was to write something for publication daily--a letter to the editor, an opinion piece, a book review, or even mediocre poetry.

One hundred percent of my writing was in opposition to nuclear weapons.

Globalization and Liberal Democracy: Driving Jamaica`s Human Rights Reform

Freedom House ranks Jamaica as free, with fair elections

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Globalization and Western democracy, particularly the influence of the United States, have played crucial roles in fostering the development of a liberal political regime in Jamaica.

The Rohingya Plan is to Force Rohingya Muslims into Detention Camps Indefinitely

The ever largest Refugee Exodus Awaits as Myanmar determines who is worthy.

(MYANMAR) - Rohingyas have lived in Arakan for generations and are part of a small minority in the predominately Buddhist Burma.

Many writers claim their ethnic origin on Arab traders who have settled in Bengal and Arakan 785-957 AD. They claim that Rohingya ethnic ancestry is a mixture of those Arab traders and local population and the language is similar to Chittagonian dialect with a slight variation. For example, Dr Abid Bahar on his note: "785-957 Arab traders began to settle both in Arakan and Chittagong of present Bangladesh. Inter mixture with the local population led to the first Chandra-Rohingyas of Arakan.

The Great American Class War: Plutocracy Versus Democracy

The historian Plutarch warned us long ago of what happens when there is no brake on the power of great wealth to subvert the electorate.

(WASHINGTON, D.C. ) - I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document.

By then, he had served on the court longer than any of his colleagues and had written close to 500 majority opinions, many of them addressing fundamental questions of equality, voting rights, school segregation and — in New York Times v. Sullivan in particular — the defense of a free press.