Why Democracy Keeps Losing to Illiberalism—and How to Fight Back
In Donald Trump’s first six months of his second term, he has managed what figures like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and…
Geographical Coverage: USA
Americans Have Mixed to Negative Views of Trump Administration Immigration Actions
As the Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement around the country, Americans offer mixed to negative views of some…
Project 2025: The Far-Right Plan to Destroy Democracy
With Trump’s return to the presidency, Project 2025, a 920-page blueprint for authoritarianism in the U.S., spearheaded by the powerful…
The Jason Carter Interview: Boots on the Ground, Roots in the Community
In this episode, Smriti Kirubanandan sits down with Jason Carter — grandson of President Jimmy Carter and a force in…
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Mirror European White Nationalist’s Scheme to Ethnically Cleanse the Continent
Since the second Trump administration took power in January, the United States has suffered a judicial crisis, the systematic erasure…
Most LGBTQ adults expect Trump’s policies to affect gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people negatively
As a second Trump administration gets underway, 78% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults in the United States…
USA: How ‘Defunding’ the US Agency for Global Media sacrifices freedom of expression for millions
On Friday 14 March 2025, US President Donald Trump signed yet another executive order instructing the US Agency for Global…
Trump Administration Abandoning Efforts to Combat White Supremacist and Far-Right Terrorism and Violence
About a month after Trump returned to the White House, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism’s (GPAHE) Global Extremist…
What Americans think about Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term
Since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has focused many executive actions on immigration, including…
What do I need to know, and when do I need to know it? Democracy, the news, and hedgehogs
Half a century ago, the most important question in US-American politics was ‘What did the President know, and when did…