America's other origin story
This episode is being recorded just a couple of days before the 4th of July, and as so many are calling it, America's 250th birthday. And we here at C...
Why is Congress like this?
Today in our continued exploration of why the US is the way it is, we get to Article I. Why did the framers design Congress the way they did? Why did ...
When a flag is against the rules... or the law
In recent years, flag restriction rules, policies and laws have been cropping up across the country. Whether the government is telling you what you ca...
Lessons from the American Revolution (with Ken Burns)
Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein spent nearly a decade making a twelve-hour documentary on the American Revolution. This is what they learned from the tho...
How to Make Things Better
Today we complete our trio of episodes in collaboration with iCivics, where we explore why people of myriad groups are having a tough time, civics-wis...
How did we get so red, white and blue?
Whether you fly it, wear it or want nothing to do with it, the American flag says a lot in and about the United States. Red, white and blue is far fro...
Why Students Are Having a Tough Time
Today we share our second installment on why things are tough in the civics world. Specifically, we talk about how students are doing in civics classr...
How making people wait sparked the American Revolution
Once upon a time, American British colonists were separated from power, decision-making, culture and information by thousands of miles and many weeks....
Why Teachers Are Having a Tough Time
This is the first episode in a series we are doing with iCivics, who invited us to their National Forum for Civic Learning Week. Today we share the...
What did the world really think about the Declaration of Independence?
For Americans today, it's a treasure. Scripture. The thing that made us. It wasn't always that way, though. This is the story of the Declaration of In...