In the final years of the Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction Era, a debate was raging in Congress in regard to the rights of former slaves newly freed by the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. The...
According to a Wilson Foundation study, only 36 percent of American citizens would be able to pass a citizenship test. As I prepare myself to take this test in the future, I find the number to be rather...
As we get into resolving the political crisis initiated by this administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, policy makers and advocates often turn to statistics...
On Wednesday morning, the group of senators colloquially referred to as the “Gang of Eight” formally filed their new immigration reform bill. One can be certain that there will be an uproar, as there...
