The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

The world has never seen the phenomenon of US citizens fleeing their own country in desperate attempts to avoid incarceration, human rights abuses and possible state or vigilante violence. Such a development could lead to a extraordinary worldwide American diaspora, as those able to seek refuge do so. 

Some leave authoritarian regimes because of persecution. But some leave to fight from out of reach of the regime, and examples abound including from occupied France during the Second World War and Latin American countries ruled by dictators in the 1970s and 1980s.

Exhausted but free, Ekaterina Barabash recounted her escape from the Russian authorities, who put her on their wanted list as she faced up to ten years in prison.

Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump

No one, except perhaps the authors of Project 2025, could have predicted that the so-called guardrails of democracy were made of papier-mâché, that this country could so quickly be teetering on the precipice of autocracy.

The Trump administration is quietly creating offshore detention, disappearance, and exile—and Americans could soon be next.

The rush to secure passports and visas comes as many countries tighten immigration rules.

A family from Illinois is anxiously awaiting a decision from a Canadian tribunal as they seek asylum north of the border, claiming that America's politics have made them feel unsafe. Kaitlyn and Ted Berg say they made the recent decision to uproot their children as they witnessed the fallout of November's presidential election.

From Surviving to Thriving

A few people I know are coping by remaining in denial. They continue to normalize what’s happening in the familiar terms of Republican versus Democrat, right versus left, conservative versus liberal or progressive.

Iran and other countries in the Middle East are increasingly using artificial intelligence as a tool to crackdown on women's rights.

What might a feminist approach to the protection of journalists look like? What concrete benefits might it bring? And could it provide solutions to the well-documented – and highly gendered – abuse that women journalists face every day?

Erica Chenoweth discovers it is more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns