Nearly a thousand residents were armed with signs, chants, and cheers Saturday morning, lining University Boulevard for Indivisible Manatee’s No Kings Day rally.

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

The United States’ “democracy” has melted down on the National Mall in Washington DC.A massive ice sculpture of the word “democracy” was unveiled at the US Capitol on Wednesday, October 15, by the activists,

About 4,000 protesters gathered Saturday at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton for the second "No Kings Day" protest, one of three in San Joaquin County scheduled for the weekend.

American flags were everywhere, carried by people of all races and ages. A few flew upside-down, symbolizing— Alito-style —a nation in distress. Most were waved proudly. Signs declared protesters’ allegiance to the country, the Constitution, democracy, and the rule of law.

Like many around America today, Wisconsinites in Green Bay joined in by taking part in a walk from Joannes Park to City Hall, looking to have their voices heard and expressing their concerns about the state of the country.

The "No Kings" rally in Hyannis was one of more than 2,500 held nationwide on Saturday in protest of Trump administration actions. Republican leaders have spoken out against the protests including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who blamed “No Kings” for the ongoing government shutdown.

Democracy gets stronger not when it's easy, but when it's hard. When institutions are tested and norms challenged is precisely when engaged citizens matter most.

Letters to the editor reflect the views of individual readers. Today’s issue: Rule by the people vs. Trump's exercise of power

We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system. And no one is being spared. Even countries that thought they were immune from wholesale assaults on democracy now understand that we’re all part of one struggle.

Donald Trump is deploying armed and masked National Guard troops and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to the blue states of Oregon and Illinois on the premise that violence and chaos there pose a “danger of rebellion.