Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat spoke on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” about one particular appeal that President-elect Donald Trump had for some voters that resulted in his decisive 2024 election ...

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss told MSNBC on Tuesday that if America chooses former President Trump, it will have ...

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Elderly elites who have consolidated power perpetuate policies based on compromises and manufactured consensus rather than ...

Former President Donald Trump was supposed to be driving into Election Day with an advantage among voters on the economy — ...

Trump voters also scored higher, on average, than Harris voters in brief psychological tests for levels of authoritarianism, as well as for Social Dominance Orientation: a preference for hierarchy ...

Those who draw a line from today to that infamous historical moment when democracy slid into authoritarianism are missing a ...

While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed ...

New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has warned America is entering a time "of fascism and authoritarianism" following ...

P’nut the squirrel and Liz Cheney are two bizarre closing symbols of this election campaign. If we read the tea leaves, we can see how they represent what’s really at stake on Tuesday: freedom ...

No one who watched Alexei Navalny’s meteoric trajectory, from civic activist to opposition leader to the world’s most famous ...

12. I will temper my strong views with humility. The challenge is to unflinchingly proclaim our values even as we appreciate ...