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Pulitzer-winning journalist M. Gessen warns of rising authoritarianism in America

In a series of columns for the New York Times that won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, opinion columnist M. Gessen wrote about the rise of authoritarianism in America.

They spoke with Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan about those columns at the recent WBUR Festival.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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