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Frank Langfitt

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Is America becoming an autocracy?

Before, in her lectures, she used to cite death tolls for conflicts like the war in Gaza. Now what she'll do is just direct students to readings where they can find the answers on their own. And otherwise, she's kind of worried that students who disagree with her might report her to the school administration. And Pinar says she wants to protect herself against any possible charges of bias.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Did you think before and even during your time in the United States you'd ever have to do this?

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Did you think before and even during your time in the United States you'd ever have to do this?

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Did you think before and even during your time in the United States you'd ever have to do this?

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

So how do you feel about being in America now?

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

So how do you feel about being in America now?

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

So how do you feel about being in America now?

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Yeah, so this is an interesting story, too. Orban becomes Hungary's youngest prime minister. This is back in 1998. He's 35 years old. He was defeated four years later, but then he sweeps back to power in 2010. And his party won so many seats in the parliament, it had enough to change the constitution. And then over time, basically, he took control of the country's media, universities, and courts.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Yeah, so this is an interesting story, too. Orban becomes Hungary's youngest prime minister. This is back in 1998. He's 35 years old. He was defeated four years later, but then he sweeps back to power in 2010. And his party won so many seats in the parliament, it had enough to change the constitution. And then over time, basically, he took control of the country's media, universities, and courts.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Yeah, so this is an interesting story, too. Orban becomes Hungary's youngest prime minister. This is back in 1998. He's 35 years old. He was defeated four years later, but then he sweeps back to power in 2010. And his party won so many seats in the parliament, it had enough to change the constitution. And then over time, basically, he took control of the country's media, universities, and courts.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Kim Lane Shepley of Princeton, she's studied Hungary for many years. And she offered a couple of examples of Orban's tactics that, you know, might sound a little familiar to Americans right now. For instance, Orban targeted the business models of news companies.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Kim Lane Shepley of Princeton, she's studied Hungary for many years. And she offered a couple of examples of Orban's tactics that, you know, might sound a little familiar to Americans right now. For instance, Orban targeted the business models of news companies.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Kim Lane Shepley of Princeton, she's studied Hungary for many years. And she offered a couple of examples of Orban's tactics that, you know, might sound a little familiar to Americans right now. For instance, Orban targeted the business models of news companies.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Shepley says Orban also took aim at higher education.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Shepley says Orban also took aim at higher education.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

Shepley says Orban also took aim at higher education.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

I think in the early years, first couple of years, there were a lot of mass protests. But I was talking to Stefania Kopperensai. She used to run the Hungarian equivalent of the ACLU. And she says those big protests, they didn't really have much impact.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

I think in the early years, first couple of years, there were a lot of mass protests. But I was talking to Stefania Kopperensai. She used to run the Hungarian equivalent of the ACLU. And she says those big protests, they didn't really have much impact.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

I think in the early years, first couple of years, there were a lot of mass protests. But I was talking to Stefania Kopperensai. She used to run the Hungarian equivalent of the ACLU. And she says those big protests, they didn't really have much impact.

Up First from NPR
Is America becoming an autocracy?

They did. They basically got out of Budapest and headed to the provinces. They opened local offices. They went to food fairs.