Political Analysis - Autocracy relies on silencing dissent through fear of consequences [1] - Protest serves as a direct challenge to autocratic narratives [1] - Individuals have a right and responsibility to speak out against perceived injustices [1]

NBC News obtained excerpts of remarks by former President Barack Obama to Democrats at a private DNC fundraiser that was held over the weekend. He told the group this, "I think it's going to require a little bit less naval gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions, and it's going to require Democrats to just toughen up. " Obama went on to say that he was not surprised by what President Trump has done, but that he has been surprised by Democrats who, in his words, stood for all kinds of s ...

The second season of The Atlantic's podcast entitled Autocracy in America is out now and it features discussions about what its editors describe as quote society's complacency with liberal values and how this carelessness has fueled a democratic retreat and a new belligerance among dictators. Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and former world chess champion, Gary Kasparov has taken the reigns from an Applebound as the new host of the program and he joins us now. It's great to have you on the show.U ...

A senator handcuffed, people snatched off the streets by masked agents, judges threatened, and the military deployed on US citizens. This is the new normal right here in the United States, even if there's nothing normal about it. It has spurred talks about the state of our democracy and where the country is headed. Supreme Court Justice Katanji Brown Jackson was asked this week at an Indianapolis Bar Association event about what keeps her up at night, and here's what she said. I would say the state of our d ...

Creeping autocracy doesn't just roll onto Main Street with tanks. Though under President Donald Trump, one might argue we're closer to that sort of thing than we'd like to admit. More often, autocracy starts with a list, a government list, then more lists, then bigger lists, and the names on those lists begin to face the full force of the state with blatant disregard for the rule of law and for basic constitutional rights.If you followed our coverage, you know the warning. Autocrats don't go after the avera ...

It takes weeks of haggling by ministers and their diplomatic underlings to craft the European Union’s “conclusions”. Autocrats from China, Russia, Turkey and beyond are too often able to run rings around them https://t.co/iefPRkyuxQ ...

It takes weeks of haggling by ministers and their diplomatic underlings to craft the European Union’s “conclusions”. Autocrats from China, Russia, Turkey and beyond are too often able to run rings around them https://t.co/PkoDHwbEXE ...

The party of Sheikh Hasina, the autocratic leader who was overthrown last year, has a dire record. But voters should have a free choice. We argue that Bangladesh should let the Awami League contest the next election https://t.co/BKO1sD7t97 ...