How do relatively functional democracies backslide into autocracy, and what can be done to reverse this? This is the second of what I originally planned as a two-part series, which I now intend to ...

So you want to change a democracy into an autocracy. Where to begin? Well, Justice William Brennan famously wrote that “the First Amendment is the cornerstone of democracy.” To transition to ...

Are we sleepwalking into an autocracy? We hope not, and we would be glad if the threat does not materialize. But as close observers of people and places where democracy has come under pressure and ...

“The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy,” the group’s 2025 report read. It calls Donald Trump’s second inauguration following a raft of criminal ...

In “Autocracy, Inc.,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes account of the financial institutions and trade deals that have helped spread tyranny across the world. By Sam Adler-Bell Sam ...

"But ours is not an autocracy; it is a system of checks and balances." Sooknanan on Wednesday became the latest judge to push back on Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's crusade to rapidly shrink the ...

“But ours is not an autocracy; it is a system of checks and balances. Our Founders recognized that the concentration of power in one branch of government would spell disaster.” Trump’s ...