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Explainer: Why DEI is good for democracy
During his address to the US Congress on 6 March 2025, President Donald Trump declared the end of the ‘tyranny’ of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); the end of ‘woke’ in the United States of America.
Declaring a constitutional crisis is futile: The substance of democracy is what matters
In the long-running American version of the workplace sitcom “The Office,” there was an episode in which the naïve and incompetent manager of the titular office found that his personal financial profligacy had caught up with him. A colleague advised him to declare bankruptcy. So, he did. He walked out in the open-plan office, and shouted “I declare bankruptcy!” Of course, this was of absolutely no help in resolving his financial problems.
Presidential and legislative election, 5 November 2024
On 5 November the US elected the president and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. US voters cast their ballots for electors, which in turn act as delegates of a state’s voters in electing the president. There are 538 electors, which cast their votes for the majority presidential candidate of each state after the general election.
