Donald Trump appeared to paraphrase French authoritarian leader Napoleon Bonaparte Saturday, and prompted several reactions that ranged from support to confusion to ridicule.

It’s not that I offer a unified theory of Trumpism, but there is a coherence there that requires a coherent response. Strongmen seek power — political power but also other currencies, including wealth ...

Many Massachusetts artists are feeling a sense of loss following a raft of cultural decisions made by the Trump ...

Batman doesn’t believe in Superman’s new League and builds an insurgency to fight back against the Regime. What follows is a ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The 52-year-old has previously probed the moral cost of his ...

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

SIMON: In this society in which your characters live ... we turn the page and you hit us with the words brave new world. Authoritarian states always come in with the promise that they will ...

Yoon Seok-yeol’s martial law attempt and its far-right supporters highlight the enduring power of authoritarian forces in South Korean politics. While public resistance led to his impeachment, the far ...

Recent entertainment highlights include a film highlighting Brazil's authoritarian past ... Renee Zellweger expressed her fondness for her character Bridget Jones as she attended the world premiere of ...

Hun Sen, who ruled Cambodia for almost four decades, consolidated his regime through methods widely criticized as authoritarian. His government suppressed dissent, dismantled opposition parties ...

Peter Gietl of Blaze Media and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the resolution, "President Nayib Bukele's crime-fighting policies in El Salvador provide a model for reducing violence in ...