Comparing Trump to Hitler is considered facile, a trivialization of genocide. But their rises to power are frighteningly similar.
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A Unified Theory of Donald Trump’s Presidency
Past presidents have tapped their unarticulated prerogative powers in times of necessity and for the national good. For Trump, it’s a permission slip to do as he will.
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Good News from Hungarians, Astronauts, and the Pope
Strongmen are weaker. Integrity endures. Peace is popular.
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Trump Copied Orban’s Playbook. Now Both Wannabe Strongmen Are in Trouble
Hungary’s illiberal prime minister could lose power in elections on April 12, while Trump speeds toward disastrous midterms.
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Lai and Bezos: A Tale of Two Publishers
The Hong Kong freedom fighter is condemned to prison darkness while the billionaire soaks in the sun and darkens The Washington Post.
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“Fortunately, the U.S. Federal System Is a Major Impediment to Authoritarianism”
An expert on mass atrocities and genocide, Alexander Laban Hinton explains what to fear in Trump’s term and how to manage the chaos ahead.
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Trump’s Authoritarian Envy: The Plight and Peril of a Lame Duck
Envious of Putin, Xi, and other authoritarians who have no clock ticking, the president is more dangerous than ever.
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Stephen Miller’s Worldview Is Straight Out of “Starship Troopers”
The Trump advisor declared the world is “governed by force,” not “international niceties.” Director Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic showed us what that world looks like.
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What Is the “American Contradiction”?
Paul Starr on the deeper historical roots of what will be called the Trump Era—whether we like it or not.
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China Through the Eyes of its Most Famous Dissident
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson discusses the life of Liu Xiaobo, China’s sole laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize.
