Scholar and bestselling author Steven Levitsky discusses whether the U.S. will go down a darkly familiar path.

Two studies released this week, by Freedom House and the Economist Intelligence Unit, found international democracy in ...

Six weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, experts are sounding the alarm for democracy. Trump quickly followed his inauguration with an attack on the bureaucratic state, threats to the rule ...

An American flag is flown upside down during the "No Kings Day" protest on Presidents Day in Washington, in support of ...

MSNBC ’s Nicolle Wallace on Thursday asked authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat to explain why some of President Donald Trump ’s “most harsh critics” — such as his now-Vice President JD Vance and ...

On Wednesday, professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University Ruth Ben-Ghiat spoke to more than 80 attendees ...

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2024 Democracy Index reveals that the overall global democracy score has slipped slightly ...

Julian BraveNoiseCat and Emily Kassie, directors of 'Sugarcane,' think artists must fight 'authoritarianism' as the world ...

Ecuador’s electorate will go to a runoff vote in April in a highly polarized climate. At stake is a broader political ...