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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Indiana House committee nearly unanimously approved House Speaker Todd Huston's only bill this session, starting a conversation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...