A passport can inform which government recognizes us on paper. But it doesn’t tell us what holds the nation together, what binds disparate strangers into a people.

The narrow, legal answer is straightforward: An American is a citizen of the United States, born or naturalized. That ...

In 1906, tens of thousands of Jewish parents in New York’s Lower East Side and Brooklyn kept their children home from school ...

Fragile political stability in Northern Ireland is being undermined by the rise of the radical right in mainland Britain. The prospect of a Reform government at Westminster puts in doubt the delicate ...

The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.

The most destabilising factor in Northern Ireland today comes from the mainland,” says historian, journalist and nationalist commentator Brian Feeney. He sees the election of a Reform government “as ...

A representative of the three main Protestant churches says that RE reforms similar to those required by the Supreme Court ...

The new presidential administration launched the Peace Corps in 1961, fulfilling one of John F. Kennedy’s campaign promises.

Updating a document issued in 2009, Kairos Palestine II demands international protection, accountability and reparations.

This month, with the approval of Pope Leo XIV, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new document concerning ...

In a little more than 1,100 words, the Catholic Church issued a document 60 years ago that fundamentally changed the ...