Our mission is to identify and publicize authoritarian behaviors, policies, and attitudes
by Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 2019 A dramatic, multi-level, and increasingly dark scandal has been engulfing the Brazilian presidency of Jair Bolsonaro for the last month. It began just weeks after his stunning...
by Claire Che/David Ramli/Dandan Li, Bloomberg, January 2019 China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closer to reality, with Beijing set to adopt...
by Colin Kalmbacher, Law and Crime, December 2018 The Republican Party of Texas is riven with fractures and infighting as a local branch attempts to remove a Muslim man from his leadership post simply because...
by Sam Jones, The Guardian, December 2018 The far-right Vox party took 12 seats in the Andalucían regional election on Sunday, becoming the first such group to triumph at the ballot box since Spain’s return to...
by John Bowden, The Hill, December 2018 Defense Secretary James Mattis said Saturday that Russian operatives attempted to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections, apparently confirming for the first time that Moscow attempted to meddle in last...
by Carol Anderson, The Guardian, December 2018 Donald Trump wants Brad Raffensperger to be secretary of state overseeing elections in Georgia. That, alone, should give any self-respecting American pause. What the state needs is not more...
by Julian Borger, The Guardian, November 2018 How did a forum for global cooperation become a stage for authoritarians? When the G20 first met in 2008, it was in the heat of a global economic...
by Agence France Presse, The Guardian, November 2018 An Indonesian city plans to fine its gay and transgender residents 1m rupiah ($70) for disturbing “public order”, reflecting a rise in discrimination against the Muslim-majority nation’s...
by Liz Ford, The Guardian, November 2018 Rising misogyny and an increase in the restrictions placed on women’s freedom worldwide mean the work of campaigners who defend their rights is more important than ever, the...
by Stephanie Chouinard/Serge MiVille, The Globe and Mail, November 2018 In the next few weeks in New Brunswick, Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservative Party will form the new government with the support of three MLAs from...
by Peter Bergen, CNN, November 2018 President Trump spoke to Chris Wallace of Fox News on Sunday and made a number of false claims about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Wallace mentioned the...
by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer – NY Magazine, November 2018 Most of the public fascination surrounding the legal ordeal of President Trump has attached itself to whether (or, more accurately, how successfully) his campaign colluded with Russia....
by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer – NY Magazine, November 2018 The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts, budget forecasters, or any other meddlesome nerds who question...
