Public policy debates on issues such as citizenship, tariffs and education can be enriched by considering the historical context.

This week, the Trump administration doubled down in its fight against birthright citizenship. The usual alliance of pundits, professors and press lined up to declare any challenge to birthright ...

Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. "He can't do it!" the critics have invariably howled ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

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In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

Its leader, Peter Dutton consistently and unashamedly stokes fear and division as political tactics without a second thought ...

The new congressman still hasn't spoken about efforts to limit birthright citizenship in a way that would have excluded him.

For millions of children across this country, my story is not a distant memory — it is their reality. And now, with President ...

A judge temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...