Crash Course
The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. As you may remember from last week, things were not great at this time in US history. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of...
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Election Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem...
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Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. But he isn’t going to focus on presidential elections, but instead those of the strongest part of our government: congressional elections. Craig will talk about the...
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Party Systems: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, Craig is going to dive into the history of American political parties. So throughout most of United States history our political system has been dominated by a two-party system, but the policies and the groups that support these...
TED Talks
TED: US politics isn't broken. It's fixed | Katherine M. Gehl
The "broken" US political system is actually working exactly as designed, says business leader and activist Katherine Gehl. Examining the system through a nonpartisan lens, she makes the case for voting innovations, already implemented...
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Iran's Revolutions: Crash Course World History 226
In which John Green teaches you about Iran's Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out, Iran has a pretty long history of unrest in order to put power in the hands of the people, and...
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Election Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What did democracy really mean in Athens? - Melissa Schwartzberg
While we might consider elections to be the cornerstone of democracy, the Athenians who coined the term actually employed a lottery system to choose most of their politicians. Melissa Schwartzberg describes the ins and outs of the...
TED Talks
TED: Why democracy matters | Rory Stewart
The public is losing faith in democracy, says British MP Rory Stewart. Iraq and Afghanistan’s new democracies are deeply corrupt; meanwhile, 84 percent of people in Britain say politics is broken. In this important talk, Stewart sounds a...
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Indonesia Government Structure
New ReviewAlthough Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, it is not officially an Islamic state. In fact, Indonesia is a secular democratic republic governed by a constitution and a body of laws and regulations. Learn more about the country's official...
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Singapore Government and Political Parties
New ReviewSingapore’s history as a British colony is clearly evident in its parliamentary system of government and laws, many of which the British imposed. Singapore has retained many of these institutions since independence, while slowly evolving...
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Mexico Government
New ReviewUnder its constitution, adopted on February 5, 1917, Mexico is a federal democratic republic, but until the mid-1990s, a single party, the PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional), totally dominated state and federal elective offices....
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Third Parties
New ReviewA video entitled "Third Parties" that discusses the role of third parties in the United States political system
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Concurrent Powers
New ReviewA video entitled "Concurrent Powers" that discusses delegated, reserved, and concurrent powers.
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Can the US dominate the global financial system forever? | The Bottom Line
With more than $20tn in debt and a dollar pegged only to confidence in the US, is the world's economy falling apart?
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Can the US dominate the global financial system forever? | Bottom Line
With more than $20tn in debt and a dollar pegged only to confidence in the US, is the world's economy falling apart?
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Is big money eroding trust in US elections? | The Bottom Line
With the concentration of wealth in the hands of few, we explore the role of money in US politics.
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Is the coronavirus a threat to democracy? | Inside Story
Researchers at Freedom House say the pandemic has been used to roll back democracy and human rights in 80 countries.
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Is part of Ethiopia about to break away? | Inside Story
Worsening dispute follows regional elections in Tigray dubbed as unconstitutional.
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Germany's top court partially backs reform to cut number of MPs in parliament
Germany's highest court on Tuesday upheld the central part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country's increasingly bloated parliament.
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What comes next after Biden decision to quit election?
Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher looks at what happens next, after Joe Biden’s decision to quit the US elections.
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Trump's VP pick, J.D. Vance, gears up to address a national audience at RNC
The third day of the Republican National Convention begins Wednesday, led by newly nominated Donald Trump and his VP pick, J.D. Vance, who will get a chance to address a national audience.
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How does the Iowa Caucus pick the next US president? | Decomplicated
Every four years, the Iowa caucus marks the start of 11 months of campaigning to decide who is the next president of the United States of America. This year sees a new system in place for the Democrat caucus whilst over on the Republican...
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Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's PM will resign today, after conceding election to right-wing
With 99% of the votes were counted, a bloc which includes the far-right anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats has a majority in parliament of 176 seats to 173.