A distinct set of six institutions and traditions makes the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.

The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy ...

Authoritarianism in America (2018), Fathali Moghaddam’s Threat to Democracy: The Appeal of Authoritarianism in an Age of Uncertainty (2019), Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The ...

Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ...

If authoritarian leaders and their base frequently disparage and repress women, femme, and queer-led movements, it is because they too recognize the power of a pro-democracy feminist front in ...

Competitive-authoritarian governments further subvert democracy by shielding those who engage in criminal or antidemocratic behavior through captured referees and other impunity mechanisms.

Most swing-state voters (79 percent) said that representative democracy is a good form of government. Just about a third, though, said authoritarianism would be. Among the groups in those six ...

A majority of Americans worry this year’s general election will be tainted by fraud, according to a recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released earlier this month—an ominous indication of the state of ...

Democracy was not upended. In each of these close calls, elite players were instrumental in thwarting a move toward authoritarianism. Since then, democracy in Sri Lanka has remained in a ...

There are clear signs that American democracy might be able to withstand the authoritarian aspirations of this president. So if you’re looking for some silver linings, here are three reasons why ...

Silencing critics is one thing authoritarians often do, according to authoritarianism expert ... happened are not promising in terms of our democracy. But we're starting to see because it's ...

The rise of authoritarian populism in Brazil weakened structures that stabilise democracy – mirroring trends in wider global society and potentially making it harder for the country to ...