As I’ve argued before, the United States, an ostensibly secular country, has a de facto Christian public sphere. When conservative, mostly white Christians make headlines for doing something illiberal…
Lyons highlights compelling analytical takeaways that speak directly to our contemporary global political moment in his review of this compilation of essays exploring right-wing authoritarianism.
At the 2020 Republican National Convention, the administration flaunted diplomatic norms when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s pre-recorded participation was broadcast from the U.S. embassy in…
The facts do not seem to be in dispute: a man from Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil raped his ten-year-old niece. By the time her pregnancy was discovered, her local jurisdiction declared that she was…
It’s a weird story, even in 2020—and that’s saying something. Father Sergey, a COVID-denying conspiracy-spewing Russian monk, had, with the help of an ad hoc personal army that includes veterans of…
On July 19, 2020, The New York Times reported that India had offered to take in Afghan Hindus and Sikhs in an attempt to address the recent violence against those communities whose numbers have been…
One month ago, as Merry Zeledón was waiting in line at a store in Matiguas, Nicaragua, she was disturbed when a man ahead of her suddenly collapsed and began experiencing convulsions. “I don’t know if…
While populism in Brazil and the Philippines closely resembles right-wing populism in the Global North, the specific socio-economic conditions of the Global South create illuminating divergences.
Institutionalization and general acceptance of neofascism in modern Italy is largely thanks to CasaPound Italia, the political movement whose activists define themselves as “fascists of the third millennium”.
