Today, June 4, marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre—a moment of both tragedy and hope. It was the bloody end to a nationwide democracy movement that brought together workers and students, the most promising push for political reform in the history of the People’s Republic of China. But despite the courage of…
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day Wednesday focusing on the Taiwan Strait separating the self-governing island democracy from China that is a crucial conduit for international trade. The Strait Thunder-2025A drills were held Wednesday morning in the middle and southern areas of the Taiwan Strait, a People’s…
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CBS Reports | Do We Still Need the Electoral College? – CBS News Watch CBS News This CBS Reports documentary in the “Speaking Frankly” series explores whether the Electoral College helps or hurts American democracy. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On…
MANKATO — While the recent focus has been on many state and federal politicians refusing to have town hall meetings with constituents, about 200 local constituents crowded into the Mankato Room of the Intergovernmental Center Saturday morning to attend a town hall hosted by Sen. Nick Frentz, DFL-North Mankato, and Rep Luke Frederick, DFL-Mankato. The…
In the 1950s, social scientists popularized an idea that would go on to shape geopolitics: modernization theory, or the belief that economic development leads to the growth of liberal democracy. The theory was powerfully supported by the second and third waves of global democratization in regions such as Eastern Europe and Latin America, and it…
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has lashed out at accusations it is endangering maritime safety made by top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies in a joint statement, saying the G7 members are “filled with arrogance, prejudice and malicious intentions.” Even for China’s generally overheated diplomatic language, the statement issued Saturday was unusually…
NOVONIX, a leading battery technology company in Chattanooga, only has to jump through one more hoop to be permitted to build another location in town. The Hamilton County Commission will host the final vote on the matter on Wednesday, March 12. NOVONIX highlighted how the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have…
It took a month of Donald Trump’s chilling revolution for the stock market to start sneezing. The main New York share index — the S&P 500 — began falling on February 19, 29 days after Trump’s inauguration. It has now dropped a bit more than 6 per cent while the more volatile Nasdaq is near…