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Last month, the Cherokee Nation voted overwhelmingly to purge its ranks of nearly 3000 members—all of them black. Citing their status as a sovereign nation, the Cherokee defended their right to define citizenship requirements, even if those requirements are unabashedly racist...

Author: By Jeff D. Nanney | Title: Who You Are Not | 4/22/2007 | See Source »

...ability to respond with force. The Seminole tribe decided similarly in a 2000 vote to exclude its freedmen descendants, but the action was short-lived. With the mere threat to remove federal funding, the American government forced the Seminoles’ hand, restoring the freedmen their much-deserved citizenship. If the government were to reissue this threat against the Cherokee, the freedmen would likely be reinstated, even if only out of Cherokee self-interest...

Author: By Jeff D. Nanney | Title: Who You Are Not | 4/22/2007 | See Source »

...plain-spoken octogenarian, who managed a motel until her late '70s, is relieved that rumors of suicide by Seung-Hui's parents proved false. All the same, she doesn't think it would be advisable for the family, who have maintained their Korean citizenship, to return to their native land in the wake of this horrible tragedy. "It would it would be too difficult for them if they returned here as this is a small country and Koreans are very gossipy," she says matter-of-factly. "We wouldn't let them return and would even try and block them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Family's Shame in Korea | 4/22/2007 | See Source »

...collective responsibility to improve public education in America. The most prevalent issue during the question and answer portion of the event was immigration reform, and Cisneros presented a “three-part package” consisting of a guest worker program, stricter border controls, and a path to citizenship for workers who have been successful in the United States. “If we don’t figure out how to integrate immigrants into our society, not just in terms of legalization, then the country is going to suffer,” Cisneros said. A member of Clinton...

Author: By Peter W. Tilton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cisneros Discusses Future of Latinos | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...rooted source: a culture of inclusion and openness as could be fostered only by a truly international organization.FIP REFUGEERebecca R. Gong ’08, Woodbridge’s incoming president, is a product of that culture. Born in America, and educated in China, Gong’s American citizenship prevented her from participating in Harvard’s Freshman International Program (FIP). Tackling the issues that immediately face students from a foreign country, FIP helps internationals obtain social security numbers, bank accounts, and cell phones, and also introduces them to the Cambridge and Boston area through a variety...

Author: By Jeremy D. Hoon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It’s a Small World, After All | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

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