The right wants to erase unpleasant history, while the left talks of nothing else. Is there a middle ground for American civics?

So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s Field Trip contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Semiquincentennial, or the America 250 Commission, the contest invited ...

America may be a year out from our 250 th birthday, but with the arrival of July 4, 2025 it can fairly be said that we are in our 250 th year. Let’s start the celebration, and let’s make the coming ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American founding, we must confront the hard truth that democracies are not self-executing. They require constant tending by informed, engaged citizens who ...

Harrisonburg, VA, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Madison University has received more than $2.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education – one of the largest competitively awarded grants ...

Civics and government education is critical to America’s future and shouldn’t be pushed aside for higher test scores in math and science. That was the message of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice ...

All the episodes feature local, familiar faces and are short and easy to digest. “They’re snack-sized civics, just a little bite, not a full meal,” said longtime League of Women Voters member Sharon ...

As we mark Independence Day in 2025, we are just a year out from the nation’s 250th birthday — a quarter millennium since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United ...