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Despite Trump’s threats, citizenship is a constitutional right that’s difficult to revoke once granted. He’s tried it before.
Birthright citizenship is relatively uncommon. There are 195 countries in the world, and only 30 of them have it — that’s ...
For several years, state Sen. Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican and the current president of the Senate, has promoted a bill ...
We have a country short on civility, lacking in trust and, more troubling, seemingly unappreciative of our shared humanity.
As we mark the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, it’s worth asking a simple but powerful question: What were they fighting for?
All this is not how America — for so long an enlightened society worthy of global democratic emulation — should be operating.
As the countdown begins to the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, what principles can unite these United States?
CONCORD, N.H. — Immigrants rights’ advocates today filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The lawsuit is ...
On Friday, July 4, the United States celebrates Independence Day, the 249th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...
National pride in the U.S. is at a record low. Researchers and experts explore if there is a place for patriotism in ...
To save our democracy, we must educate a generation that understands the Constitution, embraces civic responsibility, and ...
So, in 1866, Jacob Howard, the senator who introduced the citizenship clause language, said his proposed language, which is now in the Constitution, “removes all doubt as to what persons are or ...