Rule #1: Always think critically and fight ignorance with facts.

Thanks to Trump the tinhorn dictator and those who elected him, this country is no longer a beacon of freedom, but a laughingstock.

What kind of democracy is possible when the institutions that are crucial to a vibrant civil society are vanishing?

The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.

From Charlottesville to DACA, he’s following a pattern that we ignore at our peril.

While former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev supported democratization in his wake, Trump's sowing the seeds of autocracy all over the globe.

Some American conservatives have a deep affinity for authoritarianism and an even deeper distrust of modern Western culture.

Fighting back against the right's politics of exclusion can be a path toward rebuilding American democracy

Trump debases the country, and we will all have to get our hands dirty.

Viewed through the lens of authoritarianism, Trump’s approach to governing is logical and coherent.