# Lucid

> A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world.

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** Politics
- **Subscribers:** 209K
- **Paid subscribers:** 18K
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-18
- **Author:** Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- **URL:** https://lucid.substack.com
- **Profile:** https://newsletterinsights.io/newsletter/lucid