COVER STORY

The New Propaganda War

Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.

illustration with old-fashioned cathode-ray TV set with Russian and Chinese flags as its antennae, tuning in to a distorted image of the American flag
Illustration by Tyler Comrie

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