Enforced disappearance of immigrants and noncitizens aren’t the only way the Trump administration is showing its authoritarian character, but it is one with deep resonances.

There’s no one way to measure when a movie enters the cultural bloodstream — I mean, when it does so as powerfully as a shot of heroin. But when it happens, you can feel it. It used to happen a lot, ...

The high-minded invocations of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton feel a bit off-topic right now as our country spirals down into authoritarianism, hatred and self-inflicted ignorance.

President Donald Trump has said he "probably won't" run for a third term. Gavin Newsom told Stephen Colbert he worries there won't be a 2028 election.

Why do so many find comfort in authoritarian leaders? The psychology behind the pull, and how resilience can help us resist.

On September 23, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. During the show, Newsom said that he was concerned and feared that presidential elections might ...

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, staggering on like zombie institutions, giving the impression that ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is worried there will not be a presidential election in 2028, calling the Trump administration’s actions “authoritarian.” ...

Perhaps the degradation of our rule-of-law regime would happen anyway,” Jackson wrote. “But this Court’s complicity in the creation of a culture of disdain for lower courts, their rulings, and the law ...

The language we use to describe our political opponents matters. Words shape narratives, and narratives shape public consciousness. In recent years, ...

We look at how the assassination of Charlie Kirk has emerged as a tool for the Trump administration to crack down on dissent and free speech, as tens of thousands gathered Sunday in Arizona for a ...