democracy at the ballot box. one could be forgiven for a sense of hopelessness. but still with us is michael beschloss we. and he says that we should have some hope. michael, you mentioned before the break that it is up to voters, ordinary americans, to step forward and tried to help american democracy survive. so let s go there. how do we do that? well that is what is wonderful about our country. and i think there s a lot of hope, zerlina maxwell. well i don t want to do is in 2023, after our democracy is going out the window, people say jeez i was distracted doing other things. i sure wish i lifted a finger to save democracy and election for our children s. that is the way our system works. and if you look at american history, if you study, it if you look at the way i do and i know that you do, go back to 1787 and all the years before. this is not in any way a perfect country. but it s a country that in
we went through a lot of things that we weren t prepared for. this pandemic is continuing and it is getting worse. the economy is being more unpredictable than many out hope for. even the threat from russia and china, that is not something that many people thought was necessarily in the cards for the year 2021. but the thing that certainly is out of history is a couple of things. number one, you go back in american history and the constitution of 1787, this is a country which has been remarkably unified. we have all sorts of differences but that moments of crisis, for instance, after pearl harbor franklin roosevelt would say let s fight hitler and the jump in these. most americans did. in 1962, when there were missiles in cuba, jon kennedy said, let s stand up to the russians. tell them to get them out. most americans supported him. and it happened. that would not happen today.
literally means rule by the people. a system of government determined by the people and for the people. while it s never quite perfected it, the united states of america was a hallmark of democracy since the ink dried of the constitution in 1787. things have largely improved since then. the civil rights movement made voting fairer and more accessible to all. last week, a european think tank called the international institute for democracy an electoral assistance, placed the united states on its list of backsliding democracies. now, this isn t news to though who regularly watch this show. look at some of the articles recently written about the perilous state of democracy in america. in fact, you can skip the headlines. january 6th, the insurrections, ballots, a donald trump rally. these photos tell you everything you need to know about america s democratic decay. this particular report found
worker who s been detained in iran for the past five years, has been awarded the magnitsky human rights award for her bravery as a survivor of torture. 0rganisers said the award recognises the injustice she has suffered as a pawn of international diplomacy. a rare original copy of the us constitution has sold for almost £30 million at auction. it s one ofjust eleven known surviving copies of the us charter signed by america s founding fathers in 1787. sotheby s says it s a world record for a historical document at auction. tim paine has stepped down as captain of the australian test cricket team over lewd text messages he exchanged four years ago with a woman working in the sport. his decision not to lead the side comes onlyweeks before the ashes series against england begins. shaimaa khaliljoins
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