Federal judges — including one appointed by Trump — are castigating the deployment of federal troops into cities.

Trump is using a militarized ICE and the National Guard to provoke his enemies in democratically controlled American cities,” ...

Banning abortion instantly oppresses a huge swath of society. And enforcing abortion bans begets a police state − an upside ...

Recent years have seen a sharp decline in the global success rate of nonviolent democracy movements. Why this is ...

United States President Donald Trump is making clear to the US people and the world that he is transforming the world’s most ...

George Orwell's writings warning of the dangers of totalitarian and authoritarian states gave the English language the term ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. President Donald Trump is making good on his promise to invade more American cities.

Joe Gorton is emeritus professor of criminology at the University of Northern Iowa. The views in this essay are his own. Many Americans recall a time when Republicans regarded the free market as the ...

Staff Writer at The Atlantic George Packer writes that the "trappings" of democracy "remain, but authoritarianism and AI are hollowing out our humanity" amid the second Trump administration. Packer ...

“Time heals all wounds.” That’s the most galactically stupid saying in the English language. It’s like saying, “Time hits all baseballs.” While it takes time for a baseball to get from mound to plate, ...

The US Department of Homeland Security has sparked online backlash over a new video that compares arresting migrants to catching Pokémon, with some branding it “cute authoritarianism”. The one-minute ...