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Freedom House Report Finds Freedom On The Wane Worldwide -

For nearly a half century, Freedom House — the avowedly non-partisan democracy advocacy organization whose founders include Eleanor Roosevelt and Wendell Wilkie — has published an annual report on the state of freedom in the world. This year’s edition, titled “A Leaderless Struggle for Democracy,” is just out, and it is decidedly downbeat in its assessment of where worldwide freedom stands today.
“Democracy and pluralism are under assault,” writes the report’s author, Sarah Repucci. “The unchecked brutality of autocratic regimes and the ethical decay of democratic powers are combining to make the world increasingly hostile to fresh demands for better governance.”

(Source: NPR)

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egypt-museum:

Sphinx of Hatshepsut
The sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut is carved in a fairly classical pose, in a similar manner to the Middle Kingdom sphinxes of Amenemhat III. The front legs extend forward and the tail curls around the right hind leg.
This sphinx is a portrait of Hatshepsut with the elegant feminine features of all her statues: almond-shaped eyes under arched brows, a fine aquiline or hooked nose, and a small smiling mouth. Writing on the chest reads, “Maatkare, Beloved of Amun, may life be given forever.”
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1479-1458 BC. Granite, from Deir el-Bahari. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 53114

(via egypt-ancient-and-modern)

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keyboard-worrier:

The most accurate political compass.

(via outofcontextkingofthehill)

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