"I'm an American," says writer Amir Hussain.

The author of Diet for a Small Planet is trying to come up with a prescription to heal a big democracy.

"A democracy movement is the only way to address the very real wrongs that are happening," says the author of Diet for a Small Planet.

In the hours after Trump declared victory, some signs of hope and resistance.

In states and municipalities across the country, voters showed strong support for getting big money out of politics and empowering ordinary citizens.

We don’t know at the moment exactly what Trump will do. He probably doesn’t know himself. But we need to prepare ourselves.

How did we get here? What’s clear is that, in a 50-50 election, little things mean a lot.

We can’t move to Canada or hide under the bed. This is a moment to embrace democratic politics, not repudiate them.

For the second time in as many decades, a constitutional appendix has foiled the will of the majority of US voters.

No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, they will now look at us differently.