We the People (2021)
Learn the basics of rights and citizenship with upbeat songs by popular artists like Janelle Monáe, H.E.R., Adam Lambert, Brandi Carlile and more.
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Episode 1 - Active Citizenship
Release Date: 2021-07-04You have the power to be an active citizen! A young woman finds her voice building community and making change, to the groove of a H.E.R. song.
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Episode 2 - The Bill of Rights
Release Date: 2021-07-04These are our rights, what makes the USA the USA: speech, press, religion and more — and no one can take them away. Performed by Adam Lambert.
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Episode 3 - Taxes
Release Date: 2021-07-04The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.
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Episode 4 - The Three Branches of Government
Release Date: 2021-07-04Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.
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Episode 5 - The First Amendment
Release Date: 2021-07-04Brandi Carlile delivers a message for the young: speak out against the forces that try to silence you — because your right to free speech is protected!
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Episode 6 - Federal vs State Power
Release Date: 2021-07-04States do some things, feds do others. But when federal and state governments link up, it's a beautiful balance of power. Performed by Kyle.
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Episode 7 - Immigration
Release Date: 2021-07-04A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.
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Episode 8 - The Courts
Release Date: 2021-07-04A citizen's anthem from Andra Day says, "All rise!" When you need the law, the courts heed the call. Justice for one should mean justice for all.
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Episode 9 - We the People
Release Date: 2021-07-04We the people hold the power, and when we struggle, we pick each other up and get a little bit… stronger! Performed by Janelle Monáe.
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Episode 10 - The Miracle of Morning
Release Date: 2021-07-04Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.