In a legal brief filed to dismiss claims in a lawsuit over the removal of books in Florida school libraries, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody maintained that books on school shelves represent ...

Joan Didion’s “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” and Robert Mickey’s “Paths Out of Dixie” help our columnist understand American democracy’s new crisis of authoritarianism. By Amanda Taub This week I have ...

Desrosiers has written an excellent political history of authoritarianism in Rwanda before the 1994 genocide. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the country’s political history and, more ...

Thom Hartmann’s new book exposes the cracks in our political system that enabled Trump’s rise and the sweeping reforms needed ...

The Trump administration’s rush to enact authoritarian policies has touched all parts of American life, but we didn’t expect it to affect our family the way it did. We are a mother-daughter writing ...

Making Aid Work’ provides a sharp, field-driven look at how outdated Western aid models helped entrench authoritarianism in ...

Florida’s government is arguing that school districts have a First Amendment right to remove LGBTQ books. Or any book, for that matter. It’s a contention that First Amendment experts and advocates ...

Art Spiegelman, who authored Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus,” which has faced multiple challenges in the U.S., is cautioning that the rise of book bans in libraries and schools shows the ...

In a normal political environment, there would be little need to pay attention to a new book by far-right provocateur Jack Posobiec, who is probably best known for promoting the conspiracy theory that ...

As 2022 draws to a close, it’s worth celebrating that this hasn’t been a good year for authoritarianism. The Republican Party learned nothing from the 2012 election, so it keeps losing winnable races.

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Over the past 30 years, authoritarianism has moved from the periphery to the center, even the ...

The Indian River County School Board made national (and even international) headlines recently for banning a book, titled "Ban This Book." The comedians on late-night talk shows are likely to have fun ...