Citizenship

Hearkening Back to the USSR

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Russia, Eduardo Saverin, Citizenship, U.S. Citizenship, Eduardo Saverin u.s. Citizenship, Ussr, Renouncing Citizenship, Emigration, Immigration, Politics News

The U.S. must make itself attractive to its citizens, rather than penalize them for wanting to leave for more attractive destinations like Singapore.

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Americans Overwhelmingly Negative About Country's Moral Values

Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Video, Americans, Loss of Moral Values, Values, American Values Decline, u.s. Values, American Values, Gallup Poll, Morality, Moral Values Declining, American Moral Values, America Loses Values, Gallup, American Morality, Religion News

Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey revealed that Americans are overwhelmingly negative about the future of moral values in the United States wi...

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So Eduardo Saverin Wants to Be a Singapore Citizen?

Kirsten Han | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Citizenship, U.S. Citizenship, Facebook, Singapore, Eduardo Saverin u.s. Citizenship, Eduardo Saverin, World News

Honestly, whether Saverin becomes a Singapore citizen or not makes very little difference to the average Singaporean. His life here is so vastly different from ours that he might as well be living on Mars.

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Civic Illiteracy: A Threat to the American Dream

Michael Ford | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Immigrants, Immigration, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, American Dream, Civic Education, Civic Literacy, Social Studies, American History, American Government, Politics News

The effects of civic illiteracy take their toll over time, and while Americans are almost defiantly indifferent about their lack of civic understanding, the consequences to our basic rights and freedoms and the general health of our republic could be dire.

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Haley Barbour Finds Marco Rubio's Alternative 'Clearly Attractive'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Haley Barbour Dream Act, Video, Marco Rubio, Haley Barbour, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney Immigration, DREAM Act, Mitt Romney 2012, Marco Rubio Immigration, Mitt Romney, Amnesty, Elections 2012, Immigration, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Calling the Hispanic vote "in play" for Republicans this November, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said on Sunday that parts of an...

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Citizen's Watch

Christopher Holshek | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Education, National Security, 2012 Election, Super PACs, Propaganda, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Political Ads, Media, Journalism, Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Media News

For all practical purposes, it's game on between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Get ready for an unprecedented deluge of TV ads and other media storms. So are we helpless in the face of this onslaught? Not necessarily.

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How DREAMers Made Me Reconceptualize My Citizenship

Laura E. Enriquez | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration Reform, Dreamers Blog Series, DREAM Act, U.S. Citizenship, American, Dream-Act, Home News

One way of re-framing citizenship, while radical, could be to associate formal citizenship with citizen-like action or civic engagement. What if we assigned citizenship based on one's actions rather than something a person cannot control?

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Nari Ward Takes 'Liberty and Orders' Seriously

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Liberty and Orders, Jamaica, Installation Art, Video, Representation, American Citizenship, We the People, Lehmann Maupin, New York Gallery, Race, Nari Ward, Slidepollajax, New York, Arts News

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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Citizen Guilt and the Struggle to Find My Voice as a Citizen Ally

Laura E. Enriquez | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration, Dreamers Blog Series, Latino Prosperity, Dreamers, DREAM Act, Latino Voices News

I have citizen guilt. I'm not sure when I got it, but I feel guilty for having a privilege that I didn't choose to have. I try to remind myself that citizenship is a privilege and a power, and that I need to use it to create positive change.

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Hopkins, MN: A Journey From Mogadishu

hopkins.patch.com | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Minnesota Caucuses, Mogadishu, Minnesota, Mogadishu-Somalia, Hopkins-Mn, Immigrants, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Immigration, Hopkins-Minnesota, Business News

"The hurdle was hard, but what made it easier was we did it together."...

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Expecting Presidents

Christopher Holshek | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Elections 2012, Presidents Day, John Steinbeck, Values, Presidents, President Obama, Books News

Whether Barack Obama is re-elected or replaced is overwhelmingly hinged on jobs and the economy. There's more than this to being president.

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Russian Democracy Has a Pulse, Now It Needs a Heart

Harris Silver | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Pravda, Citizenship, Italy, International Treaty, U.S. Consulate, Democracy, Sovereignty, Facebook, State Department, Arab Spring, La Repubblica, Elke Mellersh, Child Abduction, Russia, Russian Democracy, Domestic Violence, Hague International Convention Against Child Abduction, Russian Law, World News

I think this case redefines how we can think about the bigger ideas of citizenship and sovereignty and is a window into the state of democracy in Russia. Let's talk about citizenship first.

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New Republican Data Shows No Need For Voter ID Laws

Debbie Hines | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Conservatives, Voter Registration, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, Voter Fraud, Republicans, Voting, Politics News

To hear Republicans tell the tale, one would think there has been massive voter/election fraud necessitating the need for stricter voter ID laws across the country. Now the Republicans' own data dispels their myth.

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The First Proco Joe Moreno

Joe Moreno | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Citizenship, World War II, Veterans Day, Chicago, Veterans, D-Day, Military Service, Paratroopers, World War II Veterans, Purple Heart, Chicago News

War should not be glorified, but the millions of individuals like my grandfather, who have defended and continue to defend us, should be.

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A Baby to Change the Times... and U.S. Immigration Laws

Adrian Margaret Brune | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Australia, Gay Families, Gay Rights, Ex-Pat, Gay Immigration, LGBT Families, Lgbt, Gay Voices News

Miles' story has a happy ending, and potentially huge implications for other LGBT parents abroad, but it also illustrates the expense and frustration expended by gay couples for outdated laws that do not reflect the changing nature of today's families.

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From Dubai to Amsterdam, There Is No Divide

Todd Reisz | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Immigrant Labor, Amsterdam, Migrant Workers, Immigration, Dubai Immigrants, Pardis Mahdavi Gridlock, United Arab Emirates, Human Trafficking, Dubai, World News

Dubai was one of the first cities to show us that assumptions about citizenship, about belonging, about home were to be turned on their heads.

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Captured Fugitive Claims He Has New Identity

AP | By BARRY HATTON | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Video, Jose Luis Jorge Dos Santos, George Wright, Identity, Portuguese Citizen, Fugitive, Hijacking, New Identity, Portugal, Citizen, Crime News

By BARRY HATTON, Associated Press LISBON, Portugal -- Captured American fugitive George Wright will claim a new identity to prevent the U.S. from e...

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In Jordan Reform and Loyalty Mixed With Sports

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Jordan, Youtube, Parliament, Reform, Sports, King Abdullah II, Asian Basketball, Soccer, World News

After weeks of debate and accusations that reflect differences based on national origins, Jordanian nationalism received a major boost recently from a...

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After Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Meaning of Repeal to America

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Citizenship, LGBT Movement, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Repression, Civil Rights, Enlightenment, Anti-Gay, Repeal, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Unfriendly Fire, Jefferson, Soldiers, Transgender, Martin Luther King, Gays in the Military, Homophobia, Military Benefits, Dadt, Politics News

"Don't ask, don't tell" -- the policy and even the mere phrase -- says much about who we are as Americans. What we do in its wake will help shape what it means to be an American in the twenty-first century -- well beyond the rise and fall of this bizarre and convoluted law.

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Ten Years Later: A Return to Our Ideals

Sayu Bhojwani | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Citizenship, South Asian Immigrants, Immigrants, Immigration, South Asian Americans, September 11 Anniversary, September 11, Decade After 9/11 - Lives Affected, Decade After 9/11 - Remembering, Immigration Reform, New York News

In the months after the attack, I was more painfully aware of my difference than ever before. The hard-won sense of belonging that I felt after becoming a U.S. citizen was now constantly under threat.

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Recognizing Statelessness

Eric Schwartz | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration, Statelessness, Human Rights, Refugees, Burma, World News

From the Roma in Europe, to Dominicans of Haitian descent, to Bidoon in Kuwait and other countries, stateless communities suffer from marginalization and neglect.

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When Your Case Is Stuck at Immigration

Aggie R. Hoffman | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Mexico, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Latino Voices News

It is often said that our immigration system is broken. Justice has been slow and absent, allowing humanitarian conditions to deteriorate, perhaps irreversibly.

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Confessions of a Dual Citizen

Gemma de Choisy | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: England, Citizenship, Passports, Midwest, London, Travel Blogs, New York, Travel News

I've been flying back and forth between the UK and the States going on 15 years. I was seven -- and hipless -- the first time, scared shitless and moving to an island where the sun never shines.

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Legal Immigration Reform: White House Pushes Skilled Worker Visas

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 10.03.2011

In a bid to spur job creation and promote startups, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services has announced new ef...

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Immigration and Birthright Citizenship: Constitutional and Personal Narratives

Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Citizenship, 14th Amendment, American Dream, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Chris Weitz, Film, Constitution, Birthright Citizenship, Barack Obama, Fourteenth Amendment, Politics News

A Better Life show that the dreams of immigrant parents for their children, and the struggles of such children to forge their own identities, are not just Latino, Asian, European, or African immigrant stories. These are American stories.

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