How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.

Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws people hate and block ones they want.

It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr had a chilling threat for all media critical of Donald Trump.

Six months in, the five horsemen of our authoritarian apocalypse are in sight. But there is still time to stop this.

An expert warned that Donald Trump bringing back the threat is a clear sign of his rapid descent into authoritarianism.

Only seven Republicans have confirmed they plan to attend Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump heaped praise on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Donald Trump is making it pretty clear he plans to say in power forever.

There was stiff competition this week to praise Dear Leader Trump for his market-destroying tariffs, but the White House adviser takes the cake.

Donald Trump upped the ante on his delusional threat about term limits.

His second term has been driven by long-standing priorities of the conservative movement.

The party has been struggling to respond to Donald Trump’s return. But the chance to grill one of the president’s worst Cabinet selections seemed to revive their fighting spirit.

Much like despots before him, Trump is rewriting history to justify some of his worst plans.

The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy.

Bannon is now suggesting just throwing out the Constitution in Donald Trump’s favor.

Donald Trump made the chilling remark while accepting an award for supposed patriotism.

The returning administration is full of free speech warriors—the kind that crush dissent and dissenters.

Donald Trump’s choosing Kash Patel makes his ultimate goal clear.