One of Donald Trump’s first targets was truth itself. Attacks on the press, on science, and on...
Dec 26, 2019
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Episode 6: Dividing and Conquering in Poland
Leaders in Poland have singled out the LGBT community as the biggest threat to their goal of “restoring...
Dec 23, 2019
Episode 5: Exploiting Religion in India
In Narendra Modi’s India, to be Indian is to be Hindu. By connecting the national identity to the...
Dec 15, 2019
Episode 4: Rewriting History in Hungary
When Viktor Orbán became prime minister of Hungary in 2010, only a few media outlets had a pro-government...
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 3: Undermining Institutions in Colombia
Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas was supposed to put an end to more than 50 years...
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 2: Targeting Outsiders in Italy
Matteo Salvini, former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, made his political career out of denouncing the “threat” that...
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 1: Weaponizing Fear in Brazil
Since taking office in January, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has weaponized the fear of widespread crime, and...
Oct 31, 2019