Why Journalists Are Reluctant to Call Trump an Authoritarian – and Why That Matters for Democracy
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
Rizzo was not only the quintessential backlash politician of the 1960s and 1970s, but also as a harbinger of today’s identity-based populism that favors social and cultural victories over economic redistribution.
The centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
The accurate truth is that this funding is an investment in the economic engine that drives our state forward, writes state Rep. Melissa Shusterman.
These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture.
“We’re running for school board to solve problems that affect students and families every day.”
The media has overlooked Vance Boelter’s connection to the New Apostolic Reformation in his alleged targeting of public officials.
From MAGA to Mangione, meme-mythologies often function as rationalizations of violence — whether framed as righteous, purifying or revolutionary.
In Pennsylvania, for example, officials expect more than 300,000 residents to lose health coverage through Medicaid and over 140,000 to lose food assistance as a result of the GOP’s spending cuts.
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.
In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
On this Democracy Day, I want us to remember: democracy isn’t just something we inherit, it’s something we build — one election, one conversation, one act of civic engagement at a time, writes Bob Harvie.
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.