citizenship
Welcome to the nearly 100 new American citizens who participated in the June 15, 2009 Naturalization Ceremony at Colonial Williamsburg. We'd like to know your thoughts about becoming a naturalized citizen. Respond here.
The nexus between science and citizenship may not be obvious. What good does it do a citizen to know about dark energy and dark matter, and the difference between them? Or that we live in four dimensions, or that space bends? That’s stuff for eggheads, right?
Noted American Civil War historian James McPherson says American citizens subscribe to values derived from American history. The Princeton University professor emeritus thinks freedom, equality and opportunity, and cultural pluralism are the hallmarks of American society. What do you think?
Noted American Civil War historian James McPherson says American citizens subscribe to values derived from American history. The Princeton University professor emeritus thinks freedom, equality and opportunity, and cultural pluralism are the hallmarks of American society. Watch the video and tell us you think.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon Wood's idea of citizenship is one of equality. And the Brown University history professor says today’s partisanship government isn’t any worse than it was in the 1790s. What do you think?
Being a citizen is part of your identity. Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota, says that wealth, knowledge and justice are all a part of citizenship. But his definitions of those terms may be different from yours. Let us know if you agree with Creating Better Citizens.
“Enlightened citizen” is redundant; a citizen understands the aesthetics of issues, according to Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota. Find out what he, Terrence Guay, Penn State University, and Jim Davis, Social Science Education Consortium, have to say about debate, democracy, and citizenship. 
What makes you a citizen? Is it more than a birthright? iCitizenForum spoke with educators Terrence Guay, Penn State University; Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota; Jim Davis, Social Science Education Consortium; and Ted Green, Webster University, to hear their thoughts on citizenship. Are you a citizen? Find out.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation welcomed nearly 100 new citizens during the inaugural Flag Day Naturalization Ceremony Saturday, June 14 on Courthouse Green in Williamsburg, Va. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department co-sponsored the event.
“…one nation under God, indivisible…”
Can you pledge allegiance to the flags of two nations and still be a loyal U.S. citizen?
WNBA player Becky Hammon takes Russian citizenship so she can play on the Russian national women’s basketball team in the 2008 Olympics.
A Latin America-born business traveler with triple citizenship renews his soon-to-expire Venezuelan passport so he can enter that country without experiencing “anti-American” animosity.
