"Kids can be good citizens, too. They have freedoms within the groups they belong to and responsibilities to show they care with their words and their actions. In We Are Good Citizens readers will explore what being a good citizen means at home, at school, and in the world."--Provided by publisher.

The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing America and Europe in favor of tax havens in the Caribbean with the help of a cottage industry of lawyers, bankers, and consultants that specialize in expatriation. But as journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian discovered, the story of twenty-first century citizenship is bigger than millionaires buying their second or third...

"We raise our children in a fragile world. Climate change, pandemics, superbugs resistant to antibiotics. Extreme inequality, endemic poverty, institutionalized racism and sexism. What does it mean to be a "good parent" in the face of all this? This book is one woman's quest for an answer, as a philosopher and as a mother"--

"A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black people as full members. Thanks to the leadership of a chief...

"From an award-winning journalist, a perceptive study of how Israel's actions, which run counter to the traditional historical values of Judaism, are putting Jewish people worldwide in an increasingly untenable position. More than a decade ago, the historian Tony Judt considered whether the behavior of Israel was becoming not only "bad for Israel itself" but also, on a wider scale, "bad for the Jews." Under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, this...

"Explora lo que significa ser ciudadano de estados unidos al tiempo que aprendes de qué manera la historia ha dado forma a nuestra vida y nuestros valores modernos."-- "Explore what it means to be a citizen of the United States while learning how history has shaped our modern lives and values"--Provided by publisher.

"Explora el trabajo que hemos realizado los estadounidenses para cambiar nuestra sociedad a lot largo de la historia del país: Desde lost moveimientos locales comunitarios hasta las campañas por el voto y los derechos civiles." -- "Explores the institutions and systems of American government as a constitutional republic, and the reasons for them, including roles of President, Congress, Supreme Court, state government and other national and international...