Authoritarian Watch / The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United ...

When we think of premodern governance, we often default to an image of concentrated authority: imposing rulers presiding over intricately layered hierarchies—pharaohs, emperors, and kings whose power ...

Veteran political strategist James Carville suggested that Democrats should embrace “autocracy” ahead of the November election, arguing not everyone should have “a seat at the table.” “I would always ...

Today's One Sheet finds the newsletters worried about research that shows America slipping into an autocracy and the FCC ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump recently signed a new presidential memo that the White House says aims to counter domestic terrorism. But legal ...

During a 40-year career as a Foreign Service Officer and ambassador, serving the United States overseas under both Republican and Democratic administrations, I swore an oath to “support and defend the ...

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) says the repeated Democratic warnings that President Trump is trying to turn the United States into an “autocracy” are at odds with the hard-line stance Democratic ...

The Bertelsmann Stiftung's new transformation index says that the world is becoming increasingly autocratic and existing ...

July 20, 2025 presents a fundamental issue facing our nation. Do we preserve our democracy or allow an autocracy to form? America is experiencing an unprecedented era of its history. I believe that ...

Bill Maher has had varied views on President Donald Trump over the last several months, but on Friday’s “Real Time” he acknowledged that with the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, the ...

A new study has challenged the long-held belief that democratic governance was exclusively born in the classical Mediterranean world of Greece and Rome. By analyzing archaeological and historical ...

Yellow Letters and Emin Alper’s Salvation both won headline honours at the Berlin film festival and show dissenting cinema is thriving in the face of Erdoğan’s repression ...