Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a historian and cultural critic. The recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other fellowships, she’s an expert on fascism, authoritarianism, war, propaganda, and Donald Trump. She writes frequently for the media on those topics and has provided podcast and on-camera political commentary for Sky News, Slate, Salon, KCRW, Democracy Now!, Al-Jazeera, and other outlets.