American Citizenship

Why Record Number Of U.S. Citizens Are Turning In Their Passports

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.19.2012

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This year almost 1,800 people renounced their American citizenship and Green Cards as published in the Federal Register, thanks to a costly and timely...

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Nari Ward Takes 'Liberty and Orders' Seriously

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.08.2012

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Nari Ward is an artist concerned with how materials can give an object adding meaning. In his piece, “We the People,” Ward uses old shoelaces to m...

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US Puts A New Price On Passports And Citizenzhip

AP | By MATTHEW LEE | Posted 02.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. citizenship is priceless to some, worthless to others. But now the State Department has a dollar figure: U.S. citizenship is worth ...

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Time to End Birthright Citizenship?

Howard Foster | Posted 03.28.2012

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Howard Foster

Some legal scholars believe Congress cannot make this change by statute because of the Wong Kim Ark decision. I disagree, because that case did not concern the child of an illegal immigrant.

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WATCH: Can Conan Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test?

Posted 11.07.2011

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It's no secret that the United States citizenship test is tough. After all, it's designed to ensure applicants have a firm understanding of how Americ...

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Proud to Be An American

Raj Patel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raj Patel

In San Francisco yesterday, I was one of 1,245 people who put our hands on our hearts and with one voice betrothed ourselves to a flag. There was something faintly cultish about it all.

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World to Obama: Thanks for Giving Us Back Our America

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Novick

It's the immigrants who really know the fragility of liberty; how it can be won and lost, and won and lost again. For them freedom is not a parade. It's a flower in a storm.

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Obama the Movement Redefines Patriotism

Harriet Gordon Getzels | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harriet Gordon Getzels

Like Reverend Wright, I have felt outrage at this country. But watching a latte-colored man with a whacky sounding name become the new face of America has derailed the America I thought I knew.

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