“Look around, take stock of where you are, and know this: Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes executive editor Adrienne LaFrance in her latest article for The Atlantic.
Over the past several months, LaFrance spent many hours in conversation with multiple people who have lived under dictators and autocrats, including Maria Ressa, the journalist who earned the Nobel Peace Prize for her attempts to save freedom of expression in the Philippines, and Garry Kasparov, the Russian dissident and chess grand master. One message came through loud and clear: America, you are running out of time.
“Basic American freedoms are already far more vulnerable today than even one month ago, even a week ago,” LaFrance writes. “But it is not too late.”
To read her article, and the advice shared by Ressa and Kasparov, subscribe to The Atlantic for less than $2.50 a week.
