One year into the president’s second term, the country’s institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian ...

The coming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence could be a bittersweet celebration. Ideally, the world’s ...

Most Americans like to believe that this is a nation of laws, where justice is blind to power and status. But that is a bit of self-flattery. The truth is that as a country, we have often found one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Deployment of federal troops on American soil? Necessary to secure the homeland from people the president has determined are ...

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 ...

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 ...

The bulwarks of self-government have given way under multiple MAGA putsches. Instead of pledging to protect our democracy, Democrats need a plan to restore it For close to a decade now, leading ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

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 ...