Unlike the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Spanish American War and the Philippine Resistance were not accompanied by significant rights advances for people of color. Rather, rights continued to flow in retrograde, with increased political and cultural repression. Men of color contributed substantially...
popular demand for action to halt it, the U.S. was faced with the necessity of patrolling coastal waters to prevent gunrunning to the insurgents and by demands for aid from Cubans who had acquired U.S. citizenship and then had been arrested by Spanish authorities for participating in the ...
exiled abroad and separated from their spouses for a surprising reason. Most people assume that if you marry an American citizen, your vows convey the right to citizenship.Our booktold the stories of American citizens, including Nicole, who fall in love with undocumented immigrants only to find ...
Legion of Foreigners Eager to find soldiers to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, in 2002, the Bush ad- ministration offered green card holders a virtual guarantee of citizenship if they would serve in the military. Permanent residents who enlist can apply to become citizens on the first day of...
Done well, such work may develop a healthy sort of citizenship. At minimum, it will yield a healthy and introspective citizen. Probably it will help us minimize the harm we cause, and otherwise help us stay out of debt. My current project builds on Cafaro’s insights and applies them to...
Where is Your Citizenship Registered? American Christians are Biblically Illiterate Not Understanding the Difference Between The Old Covenant vs. The New Covenant Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult Jesus Would be Labeled as “Antisemitic” Today Because He...
The Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars brought these questions, which had always lurked behind discussions of American expansion, out into the open. In 1898, Americans began in earnest to turn their attention southward to problems plaguing their neighbor Cuba. Since the middle of the ...
Until the 19th century, black people and American Indians were excluded from citizenship, and therefore, were not seen to belong to the American population. Despite of the abolition of slavery and governmental laws against discrimination, the black population still suffers from their past in form of...
Segregation and disenfranchisement in the South rejected Black citizenship and relegated Black social and cultural life to segregated spaces. African Americans lived divided lives, acting the part whites demanded of them in public, while maintaining their own world apart from whites. This segregated ...
Character Education and the Performance of Citizenship in Glee The television show exemplifies ongoing conflicts in approaches to character education in America, and raises questions about what kinds of future citizens Americans want in the post-recession era. The students negotiate between the indi......