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In this report, the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice surveys the most current data available to assess the state of citizenship in the United States of America.  We consider vital indicators in four broadly defined segments of our society:  political participation, the courts and criminal justice, the workplace, and the public schools.

We find that African Americans, other people of color and a significant portion of economically contributing foreign-born residents, the nature and quality of citizenship is not on a par with that enjoyed by white, U.S.-born Americans.

Trends also suggest that we find ourselves a key moment in history, a time in which we are again faced with decisions about whether we will be a nation of expansiveness and inclusion, or one of constriction and exclusion.