The Authoritarian Playbook
Monday at 7pm
A new series from the team behind Your Call that focuses on the federal administration's authoritarian actions and policies. Every week, we'll summarize the latest news, put it in historical context, and find out how people are responding.
Latest Episodes
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Project 2025 has been devastating for people who rely on social services, both here in the US and abroad. USAID cuts have already caused over 600,000 deaths. -
Many media outlets are still hesitant to call Trump an authoritarian even as scholars say he is embracing authoritarian policies, including attacking the press. -
Hungarian journalist András Pethő and former Hungarian Parliament member Gábor Scheiring discuss how Hungary's democracy was dismantled and the parallels to the U.S. -
Californians approved Prop 50, a measure that will give Democrats five seats held by Republicans. Prop 50 is a response to Trump's demand for Texas to draw new maps. -
Randi Weingarten's new book is a love letter to public school educators and an expose of the well-funded campaign behind attacks on teachers and the war on knowledge. -
Over 59,000 people are in ICE detention. Sixty-five percent had no convictions and 93 percent had no violent convictions, according to data obtained by Cato. -
Lisa Graves discusses her new book, "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights." -
Raoul Peck, the acclaimed Haitian filmmaker, discusses his film that examines how George Orwell "foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future."
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Trump says Smithsonian museums promote "divisive, race-centered ideology," and focus too much on "how bad slavery was." How is the public responding? -
The Center for Biological Diversity says Trump's actions on environmental protections could lead to irreversible climate catastrophe if they go unchallenged.
