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Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism

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New research shows that once a country begins a descent into authoritarianism it’s extremely difficult to reverse.

The findings come from the “Democracy Report 2025 ,” a global democracy research project run out of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden .

For the first time in more than 20 years , the world now has more autocracies than democracies.

Lawsuit filed against special adviser to the USAGM seeks to dismantle VOA .

NPR and PBS stations may be next on the chopping block, says Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer : Trump ’s attacks on traditional media seem to be only part of his strategy to demonize journalists.

The fate of America ’s democracy depends in good measure on the fight to preserve media freedom.

After 10 years of decline, a democratic rebound is “close to impossible,” according to a recent V-Dem policy brief.

The battle lines are no longer about who controls the narrative or who gets access to the president.