Showing results for "Press on" in United States

"Anti-Abortion Group Presses on despite Recent Supreme Court Ruling" is from the July 09, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Erik Eckholm and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Where Will Trump Stand on Press Freedoms?" is from the November 13, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Rutenberg and narrated by Caroline Miller.

The last half of the twentieth century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main antidemocratic regimes - communist, fascist, Nazi - have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tenatively throughout the world. In this accessible and authoratative book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future.

"As Obama Presses Vietnam on Rights, Activists Are Barred from Meeting" is from the May 24, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and Jane Perlez and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Major Companies Press North Carolina on Law Curbing Protections from Bias" is from the March 29, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan M. Katz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

In this unsettling book, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum trace how ungoverning—the deliberate effort to dismantle the capacity of government to do its work—has become a malignant part of politics. Democracy depends on a government that can govern, and that requires what’s called administration.

An expert on American authoritarianism offers a searing rebuke of the exceptional narrative that dominates our understanding of US history. In 12 lessons, Matthew C. MacWilliams' On Fascism exposes the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent othering, and authoritarian attitudes that...