A passport can inform which government recognizes us on paper. But it doesn’t tell us what holds the nation together, what binds disparate strangers into a people.

The narrow, legal answer is straightforward: An American is a citizen of the United States, born or naturalized. That ...

As part of my doctoral research at the University of Minnesota, I conducted a study with the objective of offering a precise understanding of the dilemmas faced by immigrants when contemplating the ...

*U.S. singer Ciara has officially become a citizen of Benin under the country’s new Afro-descendant citizenship law. The Grammy-winning artist received her citizenship during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...