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Making the World Safe for Autocracy

Forced to choose between the values upheld by the National Endowment for Democracy and fealty to Donald Trump, Republicans have opted for the latter.

Ronald Radosh

8 Mar 2025 · 15 min read

The Unending Search for Racism

The debate about Rickard Andersson’s killing spree has been informed by an unhealthy discourse about race and immigration in Sweden.

Dan Korn

6 Mar 2025 · 7 min read

Podcast #275: Christianity and the American Polity

Iona Italia talks to Brookings Institution senior fellow Jonathan Rauch about his latest book, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.

Quillette

6 Mar 2025 · 28 min read

Composite image of Tsar Nicholas II, Marco Polo and King Aššurbanipal.

Nicholas II, Aššurbanipal, and Marco Polo Walk into a Bookstore…

Quillette editor Jonathan Kay reviews three newly published history books about the Assyrian Empire, the fall of the Romanovs, and the travels of Marco Polo.