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June 3, 2019
Geoffrey Cain
The Failure to Define Fascism Today
Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse.
April 2, 2019
MagazineMax Holleran
The Dean
Out of the ruins of war, Walter Gropius made a vital political community.
March 22, 2018
Colin Dickey
Why Dictators Write
What Saddam Hussein’s romance novels and Kim Jong-il’s film criticism reveal about authoritarianism.
February 8, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Losing the Twentieth Century
On the left and the right, commentators are playing fast and loose with references to totalitarianism.
August 30, 2017
Sarah Jones
How Trump Is Creating a Propaganda State
The president is taking conservative media to its evolutionary endpoint. Is there any way to stop him?
March 13, 2017
MagazineJeet Heer
Horrible Histories
The perils of comparing Trump to twentieth-century dictators.
March 6, 2017
Jessica Loudis
The Third Reich Was Addicted to Drugs
At the start of the war, Hitler suffered from gas. Soon, he was taking a cocktail of morphine, crystal meth, and laxatives, a new history reveals.
February 17, 2017
Steven Beutler
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump’s Bizarre Behavior
Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?
February 2, 2017
Jeet Heer
Steve Bannon Is Turning Trump Into an Ethno-Nationalist Ideologue
The top adviser is providing a coherent political philosophy for the president's scattered ideas.
November 25, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ironic Nazis Are Still Nazis
Hatred often hides behind a mask of jokiness.
October 21, 2016
Jacob Bronsther
Why Trump Supporters Are So Susceptible to Conspiracy Theories
The paranoid style in American politics has its roots in a deep insecurity.
September 30, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Rodrigo Duterte wants to kill three million drug addicts because ... Hitler?
March 17, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
There are three phases of Donald Trump metaphors: drunk uncle, carnival barker, and Hitler.
December 24, 2015
Joe Perry
How the Nazis Co-opted Christmas
A history professor explores the ways Nazi symbols and rituals influenced Christmas celebrations in the Third Reich.
December 4, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Why Hitler was a big fan of porcelain.
May 18, 2015
Paul Ford
Other People’s Playlists
Spotify’s secret social network
January 21, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Leader of Germany's Anti-Muslim Movement Dressed Up Like Hitler and Took a Photo
December 10, 2014
Tiffany Jenkins
Are We Entering a New Age of Artistic Censorship in Europe?
November 14, 2014
Richard J. Evans
Boris Johnson's Winston Churchill Looks an Awful Lot Like Boris Johnson
March 8, 2014
Saul Friedlander
How a Pope Helped Mussolini Rise to Power
And tried to stop him before it was too late