Could the United States be heading toward authoritarianism and away from free and fair elections? Sen. Chris Murphy seems to think so. Speaking to NPR, Murphy, now in his third term representing ...

Since the rift between Nyesom Wike, the former Rivers State governor, and Siminalayi Fubara, his successor, blew open in October 2023, I have written four articles on the saga in this column. The last ...

and third—by my fear that we are going to sleepwalk through the transition of our country from a democracy to an autocracy," he said.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a window into our current moment, a field guide to tech autocracy. Even the book’s most personal anecdotes speak to the power and authority that ...

“The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy,” the group’s 2025 report read. It calls Donald Trump’s second inauguration following a raft of criminal ...

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All members of B.C.’s legislature are obligated to stand for Canadian democracy and due process, not to bow to autocracy. We are Canadian. Our parliamentary principles and practises define our ...

After Joe Biden’s election to the presidency in 2020, I believed our nation’s flirtation with autocracy and tyranny had ended. Not so. Following the unprecedented consolidation of power by the ...

More info An Irish expert reveals the hidden meanings behind emojis that parents should look out for - including the cat face, dynamite and chair emoji. Keith Broni, 35, reveals the images that ...

By forcing the Istanbul mayor out of politics, the government has crossed the line that separates Turkey’s competitive authoritarian system from a full, Russian-style autocracy in which the president ...