by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 16, 2020 | Donald Trump And the GOP, Writing
The New Yorker, October 13, 2020 Read the full article in The New Yorker. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Aug 12, 2020 | Donald Trump And the GOP, Feature
August 12, 2020, The New York Review Read the full article Co-opt & Corrupt: How Trump Bent and Broke the GOP in The New York Review.
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 14, 2020 | Propaganda
Essay written for CNN, June 11, 2020 “Who are you essential to?” yelled a New York Police Department officer on June 2 as he confronted badged Associated Press (AP) videographer Robert Bumsted and AP photographer Maye-E Wong as they sought to report on a...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 9, 2020 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
The novel coronavirus pandemic poses a stress test for societies— wrenching people out of ordinary routines and exposing them to death and dislocation, bringing forth acts of solidarity and courage as well as scapegoating. Just as such a crisis reveals the...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 14, 2020 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
How suited President Donald Trump and his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, seemed as they sat together in the White House this week, their heavy bodies and craggy faces projecting a brutalist power. Their expensive dark suits and the elegant surroundings did...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Dec 4, 2019 | Donald Trump And the GOP, Writing
Is America becoming a 21st-century-style authoritarian state? The impeachment hearings of the last weeks would seem to provide an easy answer: no. The very fact that such an inquiry can be held, and broadcast on national television, is a sign that our democracy is...
