Why NotOpinion Why not require a civics test as a rite of passage for all Americans?By Daniel PinkContributing columnistMarch 4, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST(Molly Magnell for The Washington Post) Listen7 minShareComment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveHuman read|Listen7 minOne morning this January, Yulia Wardani stepped into a small office in downtown Newark to change her identity.Across the desk was an officer of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who began posing questions from the USCIS naturalization civics test.Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.Share CommentsPopular opinions articlesHAND CURATEDOpinion|The special counsel made a dangerous argument about Trump immunityMay 1, 2024Opinion|The special counsel made a dangerous argument about Trump immunityMay 1, 2024Opinion|The ideal number of kids in a family: Four (at a minimum)April 30, 2024Opinion|The ideal number of kids in a family: Four (at a minimum)April 30, 2024Opinion|Amy Coney Barrett is no handmaid to the Supreme Court’s conservative majorityMay 1, 2024Opinion|Amy Coney Barrett is no handmaid to the Supreme Court’s conservative majorityMay 1, 2024View 3 more stories