Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career. — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“There was an omnivorous intellect that won him the family sobriquet of Walking Encyclopedia.” — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
