A massive international study published in the Journal of Personality has found that people across the world are more likely ...

Like knowing the names of lots of federal judges, widespread familiarity with specific theories of authoritarian rule is not ...

Hundreds of professors and other intellectuals signed a declaration — modeled after a statement issued 100 years ago in Italy ...

As cities across the nation, including San Diego, prepare for this weekend's "No Kings" protests, organizers and political ...

Iran's state-run news agency quotes an anonymous official saying Iran will have a "decisive" response to Israel's attack.

Sanford Levinson maintains that a peaceful breakup would be preferable to a divided polity, while Tarence Ray argues that the ...

Bernie Sanders' comments come after Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to help quell immigration protests in Los ...

So what happens when a people vote for an autocratic authoritarian and against their own democracy? This is a tension and problem that the American mainstream news media and the country’s other ...

I am interested in how authoritarian regimes handle disasters and whether they disrupt or reinforce the ruling elite's agenda. My research has led me to Tibet, which has endured Chinese occupation ...

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, is once again calling on his colleagues in the House to impeach President Donald Trump, saying the president has "devolved American democracy into authoritarianism." ...

I was horrified and embarrassed by much of Trump 1 and 2, but not every terrible policy is authoritarian. When every action is labeled fascist, people stop listening. To a regular person tuning in ...