Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2019.
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The political implications of the citizenship question made this case politically volatile and controversial – even for the Supreme Court.
One Reconciliation Pole and two Welcome Figures were unveiled during a ceremony in honour of truth and reconciliation on National Indigenous Peoples Day in Vancouver on June 21, 2019.
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This Canada Day might be a good time for Canadians to think about the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action that ask Canadians to reject European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples.
In which part of the UK is this meal typically eaten?
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It’s unclear if the Life in the UK test is designed to test whether somebody has already integrated, or to encourage it.
Several candidates were forced to withdraw in the recent election over Section 44 concerns. This will only continue until parliament acts.
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For the first time in decades, the 2020 census will include a question asking whether or not each counted person is a citizen. On April 23, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on this idea.
What rights and legal protections will EU citizens in the UK and Britons in the EU have when they become ‘third country nationals’ after Brexit?
An envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation’s only test run of the 2020 census.
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If undocumented immigrants choose not to fill out the questionnaire, then the official population of several states would deflate, costing them House seats and federal funding.
Three British teenagers, including Shamima Begum, center, left the U.K. to join the Islamic State in 2015. Begum wants to return home now.
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David Malet, American University School of Public Affairs
Many of the men and women who left homes in the West to join ISIS or similar terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq as fighters or supporters now want to come home. Should they be allowed back?
An undated photo of Shamima Begum before she went to join Islamic State in 2015.
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Presidents Day celebrates the American president – not only as a political leader, but as a moral leader. But can a president be a person of strong moral character, as well as a strong leader?
Liberia’s President George Weah has ruffled feathers by proposing changes to citizenship laws.
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Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political despair. A scholar says young citizens can learn how to take positive action and stay hopeful.
Destiny Watford and other Baltimore youth leaders derailed plans to build a big incinerator in their neighborhood.
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Kristina Marty, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Anna Amirkhanyan, American University School of Public Affairs
Showing up at school board meetings might not sound as exciting as marching in the streets. But it can be an effective way to change things at the local level.
The French National Assembly, one of the Western institutions Western academics believe African countries should aspire to.
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The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial mentality, not reality.
Scott Morrison believes local councils are “playing politics” with Australia Day. But they’re simply reflecting the views of their community, and these views will only get stronger over time.