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“Today, Hungary is in the gray zone between a dictatorship and a democracy,” says activist Tessza Udvarhelyi. “This did not happen overnight.” In a rousing talk,...
We’re fast approaching a world where widespread, hyper-realistic deepfakes lead us to dismiss reality, says technologist and human rights advocate Sam Gregory. What happens to democracy...
“Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance,” says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares...
South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s with a visionary constitution, but the promises of that constitution are largely unfulfilled to this day. Public leader...
Social progress in the United States often seems to take two steps forward and one step back, with hard-fought civil rights wins countered by a seemingly...
You don’t need political power to make real change, says activist Katie Fahey. She tells the story of how she led a successful movement in Michigan...
Irina Karamanos Adrian didn’t plan on becoming Chile’s First Lady — but she set out to transform the role all the same. She shares how she’s...
Dasha Navalnaya is the daughter of Alexey Navalny, the politician and leader of the Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin. Sharing the story of her father’s poisoning,...
Will truth and reason survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? AI researcher Gary Marcus says no, not if untrustworthy technology continues to be integrated into our...
If you think democracy is some kind of inevitable, default setting for the world, then you aren’t going to have it for very long, says historian...
