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 ...

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.

Oil-rich Alberta is poised to hold an independence referendum this year, with the American president’s allies cheering it on.

Everyone knows about the Civil War, but what about these 12 other secession movements? From the Pacific Northwest combining with British Columbia, Canada, to the South creating a legion of their own, ...

On June 1, President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. His action drew predictable condemnation from our allies in the developed world. Less ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pro-secession sign just outside Fox, Oregon. (Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline) The idea of Greater Idaho — splitting off most of eastern Oregon to join with the ...

In the midst of secession movements in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan, the New York Times recently highlighted two African movements, in Nigeria and Cameroon. In both countries, secession movements ...

New York’s upstate secession movement is not going away anytime soon. There have been bills introduced in the state Legislature, and upstate business interests periodically fan the flames of this ...