It is a telling and quirk of linguistic sociology that it took a bloody civil war to convince the bulk of Americans to shift from referring to the United States as a singular, rather than plural, ...

A movement advocating for Texas to secede from the US is gaining attention. The movement's de facto leader told BI that Texans are "sick and tired of being crushed." Critics argue that secession is ...

The Texas Nationalist Movement has long dreamed about winning Lone Star independence. And, earlier this month, movement members celebrated a move that they believe will help make that dream a reality.

More than 30 years ago, a group of southwest Kansas counties tried to secede and form their own state called West Kansas. It’s largely forgotten now, but the political divisions that caused it remain.

Secession movements in places like eastern Oregon continue to make headlines today, but back in the 1990s, parts of western Kansas made an effort to secede that previewed the political divisions that ...

San Fernando Valley business leaders reflect what many involved in the cityhood movement have said since the November election: secession is not a dead issue. A Valley Leadership Survey conducted by ...

Residents of Oregon are considering secession over an "east-west" political divide as many believe the state is no longer "unified" and are frustrated that the liberal politics of the west are held ...

A new proposal would have a county in northern California secede and become its own state, with the local activist behind the effort calling for residents to have their way of life restored and ...

A secession plan known as the “Greater Idaho Movement” is gaining momentum in Oregon as some residents feel they no longer belong in the liberal-run state and would be better served by their neighbor ...

Sanford Levinson maintains that a peaceful breakup would be preferable to a divided polity, while Tarence Ray argues that the working class must remain united across state lines. I am a lawyer and a ...

CALGARY — My father, a native of the small coastal town of Kanya Kumari deep in southern India, wanted to come to Canada — not the U.S. — to pursue his higher studies. He arrived in 1968 to complete ...