The current administration has issued orders through Department of Homeland Security to impose severe visa-limitations on ...

Governments with authoritarian tendencies are restricting women’s rights organisations, limiting access to essential services, particularly ...

There was “unanimous approval,” records a secret summary of the meeting. The transnational “sistema Condor” was born—an infamous symbol of abuses of power of the past that authoritarianism can bring ...

“No Kings” protests scheduled for Saturday against President Donald Trump have drawn the support of groups that defend or praise communist dictatorships. The DSA, CPUSA and No Kings did not respond to ...

Emma Shortis is Director of International and Security Affairs at The Australia Institute, an independent think tank. […]we took the freedom of speech away. We should use some of these dangerous ...

Pope Leo XIV, writing in the first major document of his pontificate, has denounced the “dictatorship” of economic inequality while insisting the Catholic Church is committed to supporting “rejected” ...

Authoritarianism rarely storms the gates with tanks on Day One. It metastasizes through language. Call dissenters “domestic terrorists.” Declare a “war from within.” Recast protest as invasion. Once ...

The United States’ goal is to force African countries to take in deported individuals. Some despots have already agreed. South Sudan, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Rwanda and, most recently, Uganda, ...

Mila Burns and her book “Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War” (Photo credit: Genvieve Hanson) Newly revealed documents show that Brazil quietly helped bring one ...

President Donald Trump speaks as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens during a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. [AP Photo/Alex Brandon] On ...