In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“There was an omnivorous intellect that won him the family sobriquet of Walking Encyclopedia.” — Eric Liu Copy Share
Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath… — Eric Liu Copy Share
It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are… — Eric Liu Copy Share
What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something… — Eric Liu Copy Share
“Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result,… — Eric Liu Copy Share
At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is… — Eric Liu Copy Share
A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not in a… — Eric Liu Copy Share
Americans need to call on Boomers, in their next act onstage, to behave like grown-ups. And there is no better way for them to… — Eric Liu Copy Share
Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a… — Eric Liu Copy Share
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and… — Eric Liu Copy Share
In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. — Eric Liu Copy Share
From the right, you get demagogues shouting about brown-skinned anchor babies and clamoring to deport the undocumented. From the left, you get advocacy for… — Eric Liu Copy Share
You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be… — Eric Liu Copy Share
In the end, a new Americanization movement can't just be about listing our privileges and immunities, which we catalog in our laws. It also… — Eric Liu Copy Share
