Sarcasm, farce, irony, metaphor, and above all “mocking”. These are the tools of great literature and great writers who give ...

It was pitched as the world’s most exclusive invitation. Hundreds gathered at President Trump’s private country club in ...

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The more than 2,700 separate demonstrations, involving an estimated 7 million people, were, collectively, one of the largest ...

Republicans are anticipating that vast structural changes in how American democracy works, or doesn't, will ultimately keep them in power regardless of how they legislate.

An upcoming court decision could sound the death knell for Turkey’s primary opposition party and its democracy.

Trump and the billionaires and foreign fascists he’s aligned with are both stronger than most think and weaker. Today I’ll ...

New releases this week include a feminist history of modern Russia, and a candid portrait of Gish Jen's relationship with her ...

As D.K. Renton writes in “Trump, Fascism, and the Authoritarian Turn”, the new authoritarianism “emerges from the exhaustion ...

Rob Reiner, the film director and political activist, in a Sunday appearance on MSNBC warned the nation is sliding into autocracy under President Trump. “We have a year before this country becomes a ...

Actor and director Rob Reiner claimed the United States has only one year before tuning into a "full-on autocracy," suggesting on MSNBC’s "Velshi" Sunday that President Donald Trump will attempt to ...