Politics Of Division: Why Autocrats Foster Binary Thinking
Autocratic and fascist regimes consolidate power by reducing complex socio-political realities into rigid binary oppositions.
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In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...
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Arkansas schools could be required to teach ‘the failures of communist and autocratic’ governments
A proposed Arkansas law to require public schools to teach students about “the failures of communist and autocratic systems” ...
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Syria's interim foreign minister says Russia-Iran ties to Assad are an open wound
Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...
The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To
The first month of the second Trump presidency has put the lie to the widespread wisdom that Donald Trump has no ideology and ...
'Autocratic breakthrough': Trump showdown with courts puts U.S. on the brink of abandoning democracy
As Donald Trump rushes beyond the bounds of his authority to dismantle the U.S. government, courts are quickly catching up ...
Syria's interim foreign minister says Russia-Iran ties to Assad are an open wound after war
Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...
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Republicans Propose Creepy Bill to Track Pregnant People
Missouri Republicans are advancing an effort that would require pregnant people to register in a statewide database.
Belarus Frees an American and 2 Others as It Tries to Thaw Relations
Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...
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Hunger rises as food aid falls – and those living under autocratic systems bear the brunt
The results indicate that autocracies experience heightened food insecurity when sharp cuts to international food assistance occur, whereas democracies keep their people fed. For example, autocratic ...
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Trump’s Commerce Secretary Confirms Plan to Gut Medicare—and More
Howard Lutnick, Trump’s billionaire buddy turned commerce secretary, has confirmed that the administration was simply lying ...