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2023.
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English
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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...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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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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Chronicle Books LLC
Language
English
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This is a book for today's youth about what it means to be a citizen. Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely island into a community-and watch a journey from what the world should be to what the world could be. This is a book about what citizenship-good citizenship-means to you, and to us all.
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Publisher
Basic Books
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English
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"The oldest question in political philosophy is simple: What is the best way to organize society? The question used to occupy legal scholar C. L. Skach, too, whose answer was found in crafting good constitutions, until her participation in helping to do so, including in Iraq in 2009, led her to step back from law as the answer. As she argues instead in How to Be a Citizen, the good life in society shouldn't come as an imposition through law but should...
7) Citizenship
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Language
English
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"In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker Palmer explores five "habits of the heart" that can help us restore democracy's foundations as we nurture them in ourselves and each other: An understanding that we are all in this together An appreciation of the value of "otherness" An ability to hold tension in life-giving ways A sense of personal voice and agency A capacity to create community With an updated foreword from the author, along with an updated...
11) Born in the Americas: the promise and practice of nationality laws in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia
Author
Publisher
Open Society Foundations
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
13) Class president
Author
Series
Marvin Redpost volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
Description
Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States. It's no ordinary Thursday for Marvin Redpost and his class ... It's "hole day," and even Mrs. North and Principal McCabe are wearing their very worst clothes. It seemed like a fun idea that morning, but now they're expecting company. The president -- of the United States! -- is on...
15) U.S. Citizenship
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
uuuu
Language
English
Description
One of the steps you need to take to become a United States citizen is to pass a citizenship test. This exam consists of English reading and writing material, along with U.S. history and government questions. You can apply for naturalization through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Contact them for more information about the naturalization process.
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English
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Good works are no longer optional. For many businesses, success comes in unexpected ways. Toms grew into a $600 million company by giving away 35 million pair of shoes. Patagonia's profits have climbed year after year even as it funnels heavy investments into sustainability. And it's not just millennials rewarding companies with causes. In every age group, people commit to brands that show good citizenship. From CVS's destocking cigarettes to Chipotle's...
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English
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." -Dan Rather
"A tonic for our times . . . Rather's writing shows why he has won the admiration of a new generation. In these essays, he gives voice to the marginalized and rips off the journalistic shield of objectivity to ring the alarm bell when he witnesses actions he fears undermine the principles of American democracy....
20) The common good
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English
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"...Clear-eyed manifesto for re-centering our economics and politics on the idea of the common good. Robert B. Reich...demonstrates that a common good not only exists but in fact constitutes the very essence of any society or nation...We must weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we as a country should relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership...A fundamental statement about the purpose...
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