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"Most of human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, or tribes. The concept of the "citizen," an idea we take for granted, is historically quite rare-and was, until recently, amongst America's most profoundly cherished ideals. But without shock treatment, warns historian and conservative political commentator Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it for well over two centuries may soon vanish. In The Dying Citizen,...
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Presents an alphabet book with rhyming text that explores activism, citizenship, and suffrage. Offers a term for each letter of the alphabet from A for active participation to Z for zeal, and follows an African American girl as she joins a diverse group of people and animals making signs, marching, protesting, working for change, and voting. Includes information in the back matter on the people illustrated in the book, and a timeline of voting rights....
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"A bold guide to how we must re-envision citizenship if American democracy is to survive The United States faces dangerous threats from Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, terrorists, climate change, and future pandemics, but the greatest peril to the country comes not from abroad but from within, from none other than ourselves. The question facing us is whether we are prepared to do what is necessary to save our democracy. The Bill of Obligations is...