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 an ...

The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticism and dissent. In its story about the search ...

There are things we all can do to push back against and mitigate the autocratic turn our nation has taken. The Supreme Court announced a fast-track argument schedule in the most consequential voting ...

Ralph Klinker’s argument (Letters, Oct. 8) is that new gun laws aren’t needed, only better enforcement. But many shootings involve guns bought legally, showing current laws don’t fix the root problem.