Authoritarianism

Political repression and a teetering economy have sparked widespread protests and chants of “Death to the Dictator.”

They do argue, however, that there are ways out of the United States’ authoritarian moment.

As the Trump Administration casts Antifa as a terror threat, its sweeping definition of extremism sets the stage for right-wing campaigns against dissenting voices.

The President’s authoritarian power grabs are undermining the institutional foundations of the American economy.

What appalled and obsessed Victor Hugo most was the seemingly “normal nature” of the French regime, even as it committed acts of unprecedented authoritarian menace and cruelty.

Just how dangerous is the President’s week of militarized theatre?

A widely condemned media bill being passed through the Hungarian parliament provides a dangerous road map for how Trump may escalate his attacks on the press in the future.

How right-wing populism fights graft at the bottom and nurtures it at the top.

The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.

The Associated Press had its day in court on Thursday, but free speech in this Presidency is already a big loser.

After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces protests on a scale not seen in a decade.

It’s not just in foreign policy that the President is turning Russia’s way.

Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

Two leading political scientists explain why voters failed to defend democracy: We never do.

Georgians are bracing for a crucial election this October. Will the opposition stave off the country’s turn to Russian-style authoritarianism?

Nicolás Maduro’s claim to have won the Presidential election has further inflamed the nation’s contest between democracy and authoritarianism.

Adam Gopnik considers how Hitler came to power, and what it tells us about the 2024 election. Plus, rewriting “Huckleberry Finn” from the point of view of Jim.

The reporter Patricia Evangelista discusses the country’s drug wars, Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous rhetoric, and how she manages the difficulties of covering trauma.

In a new book, Elena Kostyuchenko attempts to work through how she missed—or, rather, failed to adequately react to—Russia’s descent into fascism.

Egypt’s appearance in the senator’s corruption case is a reminder of the risks of alliances with authoritarians, who often try to manipulate our political process as they do at home.