“You cannot have a free society, a free government, a democracy without a free press.” From war zones to political cover-ups, journalists exposing truths have become targets. The role of the free press has never been more critical – yet never more under threat. Watch the film, Silenced: The War on Journalism: https://aje.me/silenced | Al Jazeera English

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House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered the oath of office to U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva on Nov. 12, winding down a nearly seven-week-long standoff that became a flashpoint for Democratic complaints and teeing up a politically sensitive vote on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. At the ceremony, held on the floor of the U.S. House, Democrats tore into Johnson, R-Louisiana, for refusing to swear in the congresswoman-elect for more than a month. "This is an abuse of power," Grijalva, D-Arizona,

3.5K views · 74 reactions | US democracy is an electoral democracy, which is serious undermined now. China’s democracy is one that's responsive to the people. If the ultimate test of democracy is serving the people, the Chinese model is actually more directly doing that: Peter Walker. #GlobalArena | Global Times | Facebook