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 U.S. State Department has issued a Worldwide Caution Security Alert for American citizens. We’re meant to be more cautious as we move around the world and should expect not to be welcome ...

The chaotic confrontation in Dearborn, Michigan, last Tuesday — when a demonstrator attempted to burn a Qur'an and Muslim ...

America's culinary heritage has been heavily influenced by other cuisines, so it's not especially easy to define exactly what ...

Are you proud to be an American? Many Americans aren't. Or at least, that's what a new poll from Gallup found. The survey, released June 30 before the Independence Day holiday, found 58% adults in the ...

Being an American means something different to everyone. We hear from listeners across the U.S. on what patriotism means to them. And, ALS hasn't stopped John Driskell Hopkins from making or ...

We began by asking people how they planned to celebrate the Fourth of July this year — or whether they would be celebrating it at all. That quickly unfolded into some deeper questions. What does it ...

The age of Donald Trump and the future of American democracy are dominated by a question: What does it mean to be a real American, and who gets to decide? One answer is embodied by the nearly 1 ...

July 3, 2025, was one of the best days of my life. After decades of dreaming and a challenging immigration journey, on that day I finally became an American. As a naturalized citizen who chose to be ...