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Next May’s Senedd (Welsh parliament) election won’t just be another trip to the polls. It will mark a major change in how Welsh democracy works. The number of elected members is increasing from 60 to 96, and the voting system is being overhauled. These changes have now passed into law.

Trump and Stephen Miller's made-for-TV street theater ignores the facts — and threatens democracy

The Tesla boss wields power no one person should have. But there’s a way to fix the problem

"Anarchism and democracy are—or should be—largely identical," wrote the anthropologist David Graeber.

The image of then-President Biden welcoming Donald Trump back to the White House symbolized the disaster to come

In today’s newsletter: A lauded human rights lawyer on the anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles – and just what is at stake

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his second term government is “focused on delivery” of its commitments, declaring this is important not only for the economy but also for Australians’ faith in our democracy.

COMMENT: The British legal system is being used to deliver a blow to democracy in Myanmar, writes Christopher Gunness. It’s now up to the attorney general and Labour government to do the right thing

Trump threatens to use his "big beautiful bill" as a weapon to punish the Democratic Party