Indeed, Gunnar Mydral (1944) famously wrote that American identity is built around a constellation of ideals—namely, individualism, liberty, equality, hard-work, and the rule of law—that comprise the ...

While such demonstrations and confrontations reveal that the question of the identity of America is a very serious one, indeed a life or death question in certain cases, what makes the identitarians ...

Trump didn’t just defy the assumption that his demonization of immigrants would cost him Hispanic voters; he turned those ...

And it’s not the first time Americans have used arguments about the past to define national identity. In fact, traces of past debates about American identity can be found in surprising places ...

That proclivity is having a profound effect on individual well-being and on American’s “civic and psychic identity,” my ...

She's not the only one whose family helped shape her Irish American identity. "My parents talked to my brother and me about Irish culture," says California native Rachael Gilkey, director of ...

Stephen O’Connor is a writer from Lowell. Learn more at lowellwriter.com. My father used to say, “You couldn’t be any more Irish if you were born in Ireland.” Genetically, that was ...

A reconciliation finally allowed her to establish and accept an identity for herself ... “Go home to a military base, you American!” Bullies also damaged her school satchel, which was reduced ...