US may abandon Russia-Ukraine peace efforts within days if there is no progress, says Rubio

At what point are Trump voters finally going to get it?

Almost 100 days into the most loathsome authoritarian regime in American history, and there’s still uncertainty about if and when we call it a dictatorship.Most Republicans prefer to believe that Trump is merely fulfilling campaign pledges that a majority of voters endorsed. Many Democrats and independents are outraged but prefer to believe we still live in a democracy, albeit one that Trump is testing. The question I keep asking politicians, po…

NPR's TILT: 'Scholars Say U.S. Is Swiftly Heading Toward Authoritarianism'

NPR's TILT: 'Scholars Say U.S. Is Swiftly Heading Toward Authoritarianism' National Public Radio’s “roving national correspondent” Frank Langfitt uncovered the least surprising story of the week: Liberal professors think Trump is a tyrant. The actual headline for the Tuesday morning text report read “Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism.” It’s laughable to portray left-wing campus professors as agents of demo…

Michael Higgins: We are heading for a nightmare — even the government thinks so

Report warns that 'downward mobility' is a 'plausible' future for Canada

Hundreds of scholars say US is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

WASHINGTON — A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism.In the benchmark survey, known as Bright Line Watch, U.S.-based professors rate the performance of American democracy on a scale from zero (complete dictatorship) to 100 (perfect democracy). After President Trump’s election in November, scholars gave America…

'Feminism, Fascism and the Future': Sociologist Laurie Essig on Dissolving Democracies in Russia and the U.S.

Sociologist and author Laurie Essig has decades of experience studying and visiting Russia (and before that, the Soviet Union). Her first book, Queer in Russia, chronicles and analyzes the time between the dissolution of the USSR and the solidification of Putin’s non- (or anti-)democratic rule in Russia. As Trump’s second term intensifies anti-gender rhetoric, sociologist Laurie Essig draws chilling parallels between rising U.S. authoritarianism…

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.