When free speech and independent journalism disappear, citizens are less likely to learn about government corruption or ...

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 ...

Only about a third of Americans are happy with the way democracy is working, according to a Gallup poll earlier this year. The first man, who wished to remain anonymous because of his job, is a local ...

The Somali community in Minneapolis is being persecuted by Trump after accusations by a right-wing You-Tube video with no evidence of fraud.

Schemes of national governance are complicated and subject to generalization, but for the sake of argument, let’s put “democracy” at one end of a spectrum and “autocracy” at the other and consider the ...

The United States is no longer a democracy. At least, that’s the verdict of one nonprofit, the Center for Systemic Peace, which measures regime qualities of countries worldwide based on the ...

The Oxford dictionary defines “demagogue” as “a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.” Merriam ...

George Liebmann’s recent commentary about past U.S. Supreme Court decisions curtailing edicts by former presidents elucidates the concern, expressed by former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, ...

Amid the confirmation hearings, the avalanche of executive orders, and the blatant effort to stop some government agencies in their tracks, we have seen displays of personal pettiness from the new ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The United States is not an autocracy. But the election of Donald Trump to a second term in the White House, where he plans to ...

Israel provides a second example of a democratic state battling to resist the slide towards autocracy. Benjamin Netanyahu is ...

Mongolia heads into 2026 with stable policies but fragile leadership and rampant infighting within the Mongolian People’s ...