“I look forward to informing the Latino community in New York about the political events and laws that will affect their day-to-day lives from the home of their state government.” . Born in the Dominican Republic, Cabral graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Universidad Autónoma..…

By his reckoning, Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank threatens Israeli democracy. ... Shortly after the Six Day War, the foreign ministry’s legal advisor, Theodor Meron, drafted a memo on the legal validity of settling Jews in occupied territory. ..…

Texas was “free,” and a thrilled—and no doubt proud—President Jackson recognized Houston’s Republic of Texas on “Old Hickory’s” very last day in office. . Thousands more Americans flowed into the republic over the next decade. ..…

True to their belief in democracy as the only system of government worth preserving, day in and day out in their small publications, such as Partisan Review and Dissent magazine, they did what they could to bolster the opposition to Communist tyranny and did not let cries that they were..…

International Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place on January 27 every year, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on this day in 1945. In Italy, the president of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella will participate in the commemorations, alongside many..…

Israelis think they are living in a democracy because thousands of commentators, pundits, publicists, pollsters and yours truly pour out tons of opinions every day in print, on TV and radio talk programs as well as in the social media. ..…

While   Indian Independence Day marks the anniversary of Indian Independence from British on August 1947,   India's Republic Day commemorates the adoption of Constitution of Indian republic  on 26 January 1950. Indian Republic Day marks the formal,..…

This mosaic was already in G7 summits and People's Summits of the 1990s and also from the inception of World Social Forum in 2000. ..…