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Topic: American democracy

Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The price of democracy in America

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump is creating a Washington that's becoming unrecognizable (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Washington is unrecognizable

Brian Karem
A banner showing a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Trump is something worse than a fascist

Heather Digby Parton
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in 1776, helped galvanize colonial support for American independence. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Library of Congress / DeAgostini / DigiPub)

At 250, "Common Sense" still matters

Edward J. Larson
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Veterans rally against President Donald Trump in Milan, Michigan, on Nov. 11, 2025. ( Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

America needs a moral reckoning in 2026

Chauncey DeVega
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America at 250 needs many stories

Jamie Holmes
A banner showing a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Trump is on path to authoritarian rule

Chauncey DeVega
The facade of the East Wing of the White House is demolished by work crews on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump demolishes more than the East Wing

Chauncey DeVega
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Woman holds an upside down US flag to protest against President Donald Trump outside the US Capitol ahead of his joint address to Congress in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

American democracy is not a lost cause

Chauncey DeVega
A National Guard soldier holds an M4 carbine while on patrol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. (BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

As democracy fails, look for the helpers

Chauncey DeVega
Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs from the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse after a verdict was reached in his defamation jury trial on December 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rudy Giuliani launches own coffee brand

Joy Saha
Donald Trump; Robert Mueller (Getty/Saul Loeb/Alex Wong/Salon)

Three lies by Trump defenders, debunked

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
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Trump's eroding American democracy

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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Our Constitution is under attack

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

Islamophobia's anniversary

Samuel Freedman

Trump, Putin & U.S. democracy

Carrie Sheffield
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Donald Trump; Julian Assange (Reuters/Eric Thayer/Getty/Carl Court/Ekely/Salon)

Clowns against democracy

Andrew O'Hehir
Nigel Farage; Donald Trump (Reuters/Vincent Kessler/Getty/Jeff Kowalski/Photo montage by Salon)

Is democracy dying? Maybe not

Conor Lynch

"American democracy hacked"

Scott Eric Kaufman
Donald Trump (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)

America is for rich white guys

Sean McElwee
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