In the 117th Congress, legislation to “improve” digital identity made headway in both the House and Senate. “Improvement” is a question-begging concept, of course. One important question is, “Improve ...

Spencer Michels reports on the debate over creating a national identification system, and considers what could become a national ID card. The attacks of Sept. 11 have led to major national concern ...

I don't have a REAL ID–compliant driver's license and don't plan to get one. I figure if the federal government wants to implement internal passports in the U.S., which after 20 years of political and ...

A key to creating and maintaining a democracy is establishing a national identity that unites all citizens. Democracies are often made up of diverse populations. The first step in creating unity among ...

After representative John Dingell was asked to drop his pants at Washington’s National Airport last week, some people felt safer. Others, like me, decided that we’d lost our collective minds. A near ...

Across the 21 countries where we asked this question, the role of religion in national identity varies widely by country. Majorities in 12 countries – most of which are high-income – say being part of ...

Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt are privacy public education coordinator and associate director, respectively, of the American Civil Liberties Union in New York and have allowed this piece to be ...

We created a scale to examine how the boundaries of national identity are viewed at a country level. The index combines responses for the four dimensions of national identity included in the survey: ...