Can democracy survive and thrive in our troubled 21st century? That question certainly deserves our most careful consideration, and this week “presidents, prime ministers, and kings” from over 100 nations gatheredvirtually in a “Summit for Democracy” to do that considering. The U.S. State Department hosted this first-ever global democracy confab and promised at the outset More

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