American democracy is not in a good place. Institutional breakdown and mistrust define our political moment. Polarization has broken our politics, and President Donald Trump has elevated fealty to him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman holds an upside down US flag to protest against President Donald Trump outside the US Capitol ahead of his joint address to ...

There has been much talk of late about the institution of American democracy and what it takes to preserve it. This discussion has focused largely on the formal legal basis for democratic institutions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States has one of the oldest constitutions still in effect, but it can seem hard to find true believers. Republicans ...

Is America a democracy? Reactionaries, such as the activist Charlie Kirk and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, say it is not, never was, and shouldn’t be. They justify the antidemocratic features of the ...

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A woman holds up a placard during a candlelight vigil where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was fatally shot by immigration agents last week, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO ...

The month, American politics has laid bare a truth too big to ignore: our modern politics is consumed by a hypocrisy so deep it threatens the very fabric of our democracy. On Sept. 10, that hypocrisy ...

Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up American democracy is under siege. As the nation approaches ...

Charles Barnes marches through downtown St. Louis carrying an American flag during the 'No Kings' protest on Saturday, June 15, 2025. Demonstrators made their way through downtown demanding the ...

My mother was born into an America I never imagined experiencing in my lifetime—not at levels she and family members have detailed since my childhood. There was open-air hate, fear, division, and ...