ALLY & INFORMED VOICES
Autocracy, Extremism
Lucid (Ruth Ben-Ghiat Substack) – big-picture thinking about autocracy, defending democracy
Politico – Heidi Pryzlaba articles – Sharp Politico reporter covering US Christian Nationalism
Art Jipson, University of Dayton, and Paul J. Becker, contributors, Religious News Service; research on white nationalism, white supremacy militias
Standing Room Only, by Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Sarah Posner, column, MSNBC. Veteran reporter on Christian Right; contributor, Talking Points Memo
The Spyhop, by David Neiwert; longtime reporter on extremism; contributor SPLC’s HateWatch
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; articleson right-wing actors and influence in US political scene
Anne Nelson, author, journalist. Scholar an expert on Christian nationalist movement
If You Can Keep It (Protect Democracy Substack) – nonpartisan views on preventing autocracy
Michelle Goldberg, columnist, New York Times has covered Christian Nationalism with lens on gender
Cynthia Miller-Idriss, scholar, author, founder or PERIL Lab (Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab) at American University in DC; expert on global far right; advisory board, SPLC
Right Turn column by Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post; covers conservative, anti-democracy movements
Jennifer Rubin - The Washington Post; also MSNBC contributor
The Spyhop, by David Neiwert; longtime reporter on extremism; contributor SPLC’s HateWatch
Unpopular Front (John Ganz Substack) – commentary on right-wing groups, movement
Unpopular Front | Substack; also on Medium
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook (Scot Nakagawa Substack) -22nd Democracy co-founder left views
More Voices on European Far-Right Extremism, Populism:
Masha Gessen at New Yorker – reporter on Putin, right-wing populism in Russian, Europe; also LGBTQ
Bellingcat Anti-Equality Monitoring of far right, anti-equality in central, eastern Europe
Kremlin File’s Substack (Olga Lautman, Monique Camarra) (Substack) – Putin’s war on democracy
V-Squared reporting on European authoritarianism; Slovakian perspectives