There's a big race right now to become the 51st state. Forget traditional contenders like Puerto Rico. In several existing states, residents of less populous areas are hoping to create new states of ...

Ten Years Later: Taking Stock of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and ...

The New California flag is presented in February at a rally in support of the proposal to divide California into two states during a rally at the state Capitol. If you, like me, in recent days have ...

I have been following the La Jolla secession scenario for some time now as it is slowly moving through the process of being ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Protests against ICE and military activity in Los Angeles have put California squarely in opposition to the federal government, as the National Guard and Marines have been sent to ...

Canada has found itself in the headlines this year for reasons the nation would rather avoid. President Trump mocked then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him “the governor of America’s 51st ...

With a week until the signature deadline, the leaders of the California secession movement dubbed "Calexit" have decided to pull their attempted ballot initiative so they can re-file it later in the ...

There can be no doubt that the relatively few Californians strongly interested in becoming an independent country have had high hopes that President Trump’s “War on California” would drive many new ...

Groups in Hollywood, the Harbor and the San Fernando Valley want to break up the City of Los Angeles. On Wednesday, the state's Local Agency Formation Commission, which must approve any such proposal ...

If you, like me, in recent days have wistfully considered a utopian fantasy where an economically powerful country of California breaks away from the chaos of a second Donald Trump presidency, then I ...

If you, like me, in recent days have wistfully considered a utopian fantasy where an economically powerful country of California breaks away from the chaos of a second Donald Trump presidency, then I ...