Civil Society

21 articles with this tag

How the White House Correspondents' Dinner Works Culture

How the White House Correspondents' Dinner Works

The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner brings together journalists, politicians, and celebrities in a century-old tradition that celebrates pre...

Redakcia
How FCC TV Ownership Rules Work—and Why They Matter Culture

How FCC TV Ownership Rules Work—and Why They Matter

The FCC caps how many television stations one company can own, but loopholes like the UHF discount let broadcasters reach far more households than the...

Redakcia
How Iraq's Muhasasa Power-Sharing System Works Economy

How Iraq's Muhasasa Power-Sharing System Works

Iraq divides its top government posts along ethnic and sectarian lines through an informal system called Muhasasa. Here's how it works, why it was cre...

Redakcia
What Is Illiberal Democracy—and How Does It Work? Economy

What Is Illiberal Democracy—and How Does It Work?

Illiberal democracy describes a system where free elections coexist with eroded civil liberties, weakened courts, and controlled media. Here is how it...

Redakcia
Alinejad Receives Inaugural Paulskirche Prize for Democracy Culture

Alinejad Receives Inaugural Paulskirche Prize for Democracy

Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad was awarded the first-ever European Paulskirche Prize for Democracy in Frankfurt am Main for her fight agai...

Redakcia
How a Papal Conclave Works—and Why Cardinals Lock the Door Culture

How a Papal Conclave Works—and Why Cardinals Lock the Door

A papal conclave is the ancient, secretive process by which the College of Cardinals elects a new pope inside the Sistine Chapel, using smoke signals...

Redakcia
How the Right to Protest Works in America Culture

How the Right to Protest Works in America

The First Amendment protects peaceful protest on public property, but courts allow governments to impose content-neutral time, place, and manner restr...

Redakcia
"No Kings": Millions March in Potentially Largest US Protest Culture

"No Kings": Millions March in Potentially Largest US Protest

Over 3,000 rallies across every US congressional district mark the third wave of No Kings protests on March 28, with organizers forecasting the larges...

Redakcia
How the Archbishop of Canterbury Is Chosen Culture

How the Archbishop of Canterbury Is Chosen

The Archbishop of Canterbury leads 85 million Anglicans worldwide but is selected through a centuries-old process blending prayer, committee nominatio...

Redakcia
What Are Enforced Disappearances and How They Work Culture

What Are Enforced Disappearances and How They Work

Enforced disappearances—when states secretly detain people and deny knowledge of their fate—have affected hundreds of thousands across 85 countries. H...

Redakcia
Culture

Culture Minister Sacks National Gallery Director Amid Growing Criticism

Culture Minister Oto Klempíř has unexpectedly dismissed Alicja Knast, the director of the National Gallery Prague. The manner of her dismissal, withou...

Redakcia
Letná Alive Again: Quarter of a Million Protest Against Babiš Culture

Letná Alive Again: Quarter of a Million Protest Against Babiš

Over 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague's Letná Park on March 21, 2026, in the largest anti-government protest since the Velvet Revolution. Part...

Redakcia