Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump Win McNamee/Getty Images We’ve seen a spike over the last few years in the use of the word “authoritarianism.” This ...

The Nation's Sasha Abramsky argues that from ICE detention centers in San Diego to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Trump is ...

On Feb. 24, The Conversation hosted a webinar titled, “What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism ...

The one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's reelection and return to power prompts a question: is the United States sliding toward fascism or are we already there? That the question is now asked so ...

I saw a picture this week. It’s of a scene in Washington, D.C., taken a few days ago. In the background, you see the Department of Labor building. Hanging on its right side is a large American flag; ...

In these fraught political times when our political choices are largely limited to authoritarian Republicans and totalitarian Democrats and federal agencies vie for opportunities to violate individual ...

In an authoritarian state, the leader engages in unconstitutional or undemocratic practices for the purpose of consolidating power. Key components of authoritarianism include rejecting democratic ...

When Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his enemies and she didn’t resign, it was a sign that we’ve already passed into strongman rule. President Donald Trump speaks before signing ...

Unfortunately, our main adversary, communist China, realized this decades ago. It’s a contest being fought one campus at a time, one student at a time, by an adversary that has weaponized the ...

President John F. Kennedy tells the American people that the U.S. is setting up a naval blockade against Cuba, during a television and radio address, on Oct. 22, 1962, from the White House. The ...

Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump called reports that Iran struck five U.S. tanker ...

Derek Miller is a professor of English and the chair of the Standing Committee on Theater, Dance, and Media at Harvard. As we begin a new semester, eager to immerse ourselves in the life of the mind, ...