The true history of birthright citizenship often gets blurred. Wong Kim Ark with the support of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association was able to fight anti-Chinese sentiment and secure birthright citizenship for many to come.

My family's custodianship of David's tomb suggests that civic life begins before citizenship and survives beyond sovereignty. The United States at its 250th anniversary must grapple with the fact that it has spent decades breaking with the principles of its own founding documents.

In the northeastern state’s rigid and male-dominated social sector, a nonprofit tackles biases against women leaders and young people.