Civics In A Year
By The Center for American Civics
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What do you really know about American government, the Constitution, and your rights as a citizen?
Civics in a Year is a fast-paced podcast series that delivers essential civic knowledge in just 10 minutes per episode. Over the course of a year, we’ll explore 250 key questions—from the founding documents and branches of government to civil liberties, elections, and public participation.
Rooted in the Civic Literacy Curriculum from the Center for American Civics at Arizona State University, this series is a collaborative project supported by the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. Each episode is designed to spark curiosity, strengthen constitutional understanding, and encourage active citizenship.
Whether you're a student, educator, or lifelong learner, Civics in a Year will guide you through the building blocks of American democracy—one question at a time.
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The Declaration At 250
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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Jefferson And Madison and the University of Virginia
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Washington’s Final Act of Statesmanship: Confronting Slavery
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Hamilton’s Moral Reckoning
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Roger Sherman, The Founder We Missed
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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How The Massachusetts Constitution Shaped American Government
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Benjamin Franklin And The Bold Experiment Of Pennsylvania’s 1776 Constitution
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Lore of the Founding: Cicero And The Duty To Serve
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Lore of the Founding: Cato And Give Me Liberty, Give Me Death
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Lore of the Founding- Julius Caesar
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Lore of the Founding- Founding of the Roman Republic
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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The Lore of the Founding: Checks And Balances in Rome
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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What is Juneteenth and Why Do We Celebrate?
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Lore of the Founding- An Introduction
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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The War Powers Act Explained
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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How Primaries Pick Candidates And Reshape Elections
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The Senate Filibuster Explained
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Mary Todd Lincoln Unmasked
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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How Lorraine Waxman Pearce Turned The White House Into A Museum
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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How The U.S. Capitol Historical Society Keeps Democracy Real
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Elizabeth Willing Powel
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Social Media And Modern Elections
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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D-Day: What Does Courage Look Like When History Is Watching
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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How Eleanor Roosevelt And JFK Turned Conflict Into Partnership
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Jackie Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Dolly Madison’s Hidden Power
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Hamilton Vs Burr
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May 29, 2026 |
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Place Shapes Civics
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May 28, 2026 |
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Geocivics, Redistricting, and Gerrymandering
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May 27, 2026 |
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After 9/11: Words, Power, And War
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May 26, 2026 |
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Memorial Day with Arlington National Cemetery
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May 22, 2026 |
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Lyndon B. Johnson And The Art Of Power
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May 21, 2026 |
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Presidential Pets And Public Power
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May 20, 2026 |
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Challenger And The Words That Followed
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May 19, 2026 |
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MLK's I Have A Dream Speech
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May 18, 2026 |
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Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union
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May 15, 2026 |
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Bill Clinton’s Oklahoma City Memorial Address
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May 14, 2026 |
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Nixon’s Resignation Address
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May 13, 2026 |
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From Timeline To Threads: How Civics Really Works
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May 12, 2026 |
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Keynes Vs Hayek
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May 11, 2026 |
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How 1964 And 1965 Remade Public Life And The Ballot
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May 08, 2026 |
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Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
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May 07, 2026 |
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Executive Order 9066 and the Korematsu Case
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May 06, 2026 |
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How America Entered World War II
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May 05, 2026 |
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Huey Long, Every Man a King
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May 04, 2026 |
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How Fireside Chats Built Trust During The Great Depression
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May 04, 2026 |
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FDR Before The New Deal
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May 01, 2026 |
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Herbert Hoover, Rugged Individualism
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Calvin Coolidge, Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1926)
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Coolidge And Limited Government
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Wilson’s Fourteen Points
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The 19th Amendment
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Prohibition’s Unraveling and the 21st Amendment
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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From Temperance To The 18th Amendment And The Politics Behind It
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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The 17th Amendment Rewrote Who Senators Answer To
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The 16th Amendment and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Election of 1912: The Republican Breakup
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Roosevelt, Taft, And Wilson Debate The Presidency
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Political Thought: T Roosevelt vs Wilson
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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The Populist Moment
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Who Becomes President? Succession, the Vice Presidency, and Executive Power
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Susan B. Anthony and a Constitutional Challenge
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Lodge Bill of 1890 and the Rise of Jim Crow
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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What the Black Man Wants by Frederick Douglass
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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How The 14th Amendment Applies The Bill Of Rights To States
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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How Reconstruction Built Birthright Citizenship And Equal Protection
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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How The 13th And 15th Amendments End Slavery And Redefine Voting
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Reconstruction Under The Constitution
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Habeas Corpus, War Powers, And The Constitution
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Lincoln's First Inaugural
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Real Cabinet Wives Of The Jackson Administration: The Petticoat Affair
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Dred Scott
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Douglass, Garrison, And The Constitution
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Frederick Douglass- "What To The Slave is the Fourth of July"
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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From Declaration To Declaration: How Seneca Falls Reframed American Equality
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum Address And The Fight For Law
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson, Calhoun, And The Crisis That Nearly Split The Union
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Field Trip Friday: How Gathering On The National Mall Shapes Memory And Democracy
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Jackson’s Bank Veto Explained
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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How Cherokee Law Challenged Georgia And Jackson
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Tocqueville On Reflective Patriotism
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Tocqueville On Parties Today
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Field Trip Friday: Inside America 250 On The National Mall
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Jackson’s First Inaugural, Explained
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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John Quincy Adams, The Monroe Doctrine, And The Perils Of Power
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Monroe Doctrine
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Missouri Compromise
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Field Trip Friday: How New Monuments Happen
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Madison’s Veto And Monroe’s Pivot
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Louisiana Purchase
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Jefferson’s First Inaugural
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Presidents, Power, And The Myths We Love with Sharon McMahon
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Field Trip Friday America 250: Walking The Mall’s Founding Story
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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American History Through The Documents That Built It
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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How Civil Rights And Economics Reshaped Southern Party Loyalty
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Field Trip: Walking The National Mall Through Service, Sacrifice, And Civic Duty
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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How The New Deal Remade Parties And The Presidency
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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From Patronage To Primaries: How The Progressive Era Remade U.S. Politics
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Classroom Edition: Alexis de Toqueville
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Tocqueville’s Take On Individualism
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Field Trip: Civil Rights On The Mall
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Tocqueville On Religion’s Role In Democracy
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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How Tocqueville Read the Constitution and Judged Andrew Jackson
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Tocqueville On Towns And Freedom
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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How Democrats And Republicans Evolved Across Ideology, Geography, And Voters
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Field Trip: How The Lincoln Memorial Became A Stage For America’s Civic Story
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Do Parties Still Matter?
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Political Realignment, Explained Clearly
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Lincoln’s Election And The Party Idea
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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From Birmingham Jail To National Conscience: Nonviolence, Context, And Civic Duty
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Field Trip: Welcome to America’s Front Yard
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Why The Republican Party Emerged In The 1850s
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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How 19th-Century Politics Fractured Over Slavery And Gave Rise To Republicans
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Why The Whig Party Formed, Fought For Congress, And Fell To The Slavery Question
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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How The Jacksonian Democrats Built America’s First Modern Party
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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How Two Founders Shaped The Presidency, Parties, And Foreign Policy
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Hamilton Vs. Jefferson
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Why Parties Emerged In Early America
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Federalists Vs. Democratic Republicans
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Reading Washington’s Farewell Address
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Why January 1 Became America’s Civic Reset
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Why America Made Christmas A Federal Holiday
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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What Gideon v. Wainwright Teaches About Rights, Funding, And Real Justice
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Inside The Sixth Amendment: Rights That Shape Justice
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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What Citizens United Actually Changed About Political Speech
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Chickens, Wheat, And The Commerce Clause
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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How Supreme Court Rulings Reshaped The Second Amendment
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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From Bakke To SFFA: How The Supreme Court Shaped Diversity In College Admissions
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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When Free Exercise Meets Compulsory Education In Wisconsin v. Yoder
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Why Engel v. Vitale Redefined Faith And Public Schools
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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How Tinker v. Des Moines Empowered Student Speech
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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How The Pentagon Papers Redefined Free Speech And Government Accountability
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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New York Times v. Sullivan
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Baker v. Carr Explained: From Unequal Districts To One Person, One Vote
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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How Brown v. Board Ended Legal School Segregation
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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From Schenck To Social Media: How Free Speech Law Evolved
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Dred Scott, America’s Breaking Point
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Gibbons v. Ogden: How The Commerce Clause Shapes Interstate Trade
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Why McCulloch v. Maryland Cemented Federal Supremacy And Shaped Implied Powers
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Why Marbury v. Madison Still Shapes Constitutional Power
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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How FDR’s Date Change Rewrote A Holiday And Tested Presidential Power
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How Presidential Proclamations Made Thanksgiving A Civic Tradition
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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How Judges Read The Constitution: Text, History, And Precedent
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Remember The Ladies
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Kids Edition: Founding Women
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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How A Territorial Delegate Shapes National Policy From The Northern Mariana Islands
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Phillis Wheatley, First Poet Of A New Nation
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Judith Sargent Murray and the Roots of American Feminism
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Mercy Otis Warren: The Pen That Pressed for the Bill of Rights
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Martha Washington And Deborah Sampson: Two Paths Of Courage
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Abigail and John: How a Marriage Shaped American Politics
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Incorporation: From Congress To The States
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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What The Tenth Amendment Really Does
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Federalism In Practice
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Why The Ninth Amendment Protects Federal Limits, Not Hidden Rights
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Why The Eighth Amendment Still Shapes Who We Are As A Society
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Service, Citizenship, And Veterans Day
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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How The Fifth, Sixth, And Seventh Amendments Protect Us
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Fourth Amendment: From General Warrants To Probable Cause
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Understanding The Second Amendment Through History And Natural Law
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Hate Speech And The First Amendment
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Freedom Of The Press, Plainly Explained
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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How The Right To Petition Shapes Government Responses
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Inquiry-Based Learning That Sparks Agency In Civics
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Debunking Constitutional Myths With A Historian’s Lens
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Civics In A Year Returns Soon
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Understanding The Freedom Of Speech: What It Protects And What It Doesn’t
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Free Exercise, Explained Clearly
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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What The Establishment Clause Really Means
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Religion, Liberty, And The First Amendment
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Why the Bill of Rights Exists—and What It Really Limits
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How the Constitution Faced Slavery without Saying Its Name
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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More Perfect, The Role of Compromise in the Constitution
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Amending The Constitution
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Electoral College, Explained
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Understanding the Necessary and Proper Clause: Constitutional Foundations Explained
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Enlightenment to Constitution
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The Constitution's Preamble, Plain and Powerful
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Federalism: Dividing Power in American Government
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Checks and Balances: How Our Government Maintains Equilibrium
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Reclaiming Persuasion: Why Political Violence Threatens the Constitution—and How Civic Education Can Save Us
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Constitutional Safeguards: How the Founders Designed America's Power Structure
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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State Constitutions: The Blueprint for America
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Articles vs Constitution: What Changed and What Remained
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Beyond Failure: Rethinking the Articles of Confederation's Legacy
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Kids Version: America's First Rulebook
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Constitutional Interpretation: Why Judges Still Turn to Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Breaking Barriers: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Legacy
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Kids Edition: The Great Debate That Built Our Democracy
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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The Art of Disagreement: What America's Founding Debates Teach Us Today
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Constitutional Insights Through the Federalist Papers
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Hamilton vs. Brutus: The Battle Over Judicial Power in Federalist 78
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Separation of Powers: Madison's Blueprint for American Governance
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Kids Edition Constitution Day: How a Document Changed the Course of History
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Kids Edition: What Makes A Good President?
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Electoral College Decoded
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Why America Has One President: Federalist No. 70 Explained
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Hamilton's Vision: Understanding Executive Authority in Federalist No. 70
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Federalist 51: Madison's Blueprint for American Democracy
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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If Men Were Angels: Madison's Defense of Constitutional Design
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Madison's Blueprint: Understanding Federalist 51 and Separation of Powers
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Unpacking Federalist 39: Madison's Blueprint for American Power
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Unpacking Federalist 10
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Madison's Revolutionary Idea: How Large Republics Solve Faction Problems
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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The Anti-Federalists: America's Overlooked Founding Voices
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest: America's Labor Day Story
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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The Crucial Role of Federalist Papers
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Behind the Pseudonym: Hamilton's PR Genius and the Constitution's Defense
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Unpacking the Federalist Papers
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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The Father of the Constitution: Madison's Vision
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Blueprint: Understanding America's Limited Government System
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Locke's Ideas of Life, Liberty, and Property Changed the Course of History
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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How Philosophy Shaped a Nation: The Enlightenment's Fingerprints on American Democracy
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Republic vs Democracy: America's True Political Identity
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Social Contracts: Our Civic Foundation
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Origins of Liberty: Uncovering America's Natural Rights Philosophy
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Kids Edition- What's a constitution?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The Silent Architect: Washington's Crucial Role in Crafting the Constitution
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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These Are the Times: Thomas Paine and the Power of Common Sense
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Separation of Powers: Montesquieu's Blueprint for American Democracy
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Colonial Foundations: The Journey from British Charters to American Constitutions
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Kids Edition: From Mayflower to Mohawks: How America Got Its Rulebook
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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From English Declarations to American Freedoms: The Evolution of Rights
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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The Common Law Revolution That Shaped Modern Democracy
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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An Apple of Gold: Lincoln's Vision Shaped the Nation We Know Today
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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From Magna Carta to Madison: The Ideas That Frame America
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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A Government of Laws, Not Men
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Commercial Republic: Understanding America's Mixed Economy
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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The Declaration of Independence: America's Founding Values Explored
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Liberty Divided: When Two Visions of the British Empire Became Irreconcilable
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Why Jefferson's Words Still Matter Today: The Declaration's Ongoing Importance
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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The Living Declaration
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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From America to the World: How the Declaration Shaped Freedom Movements
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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From Declaration to Constitution: Tracing America's Founding Principles
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Enlightenment DNA: The Philosophical Origins of America's Declaration
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Grievances Against a King
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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The Declaration's Blueprint for Revolution: Understanding Your Rights Against Tyranny
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Unraveling the Declaration's Second Paragraph: Government by Consent Explained
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Declaration's Golden Promise: Life, Liberty, and Happiness Explored
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Equality in America: Unpacking "All Men Are Created Equal"
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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The Declaration of Independence: The Preamble
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Beyond Fireworks: The Declaration That Defined a Nation
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Kids Edition: Thomas Jefferson and the Words That Shaped America
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Kids Edition: The Document That Changed Everything: Understanding the Declaration of Independence
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Principles of the American Republic: Where Liberty Began
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Unlocking the Science of Citizenship: A Journey Through American Civics
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Trailer- Civics In A Year
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May 21, 2025 |