MINOT — Americans, in 2025, have more access to the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of millennia of human inquiry than at any other time in history. If you’d learned about this turn of events back in ...

I would like to remind U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, of some basic civics lessons that he seems to have forgotten recently. The First Amendment of the Bills of Rights guarantees all Americans the ...

Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, conducted annually by the Annenberg Public Policy Center ...

House of Delegates Majority Leader Pat McGeehan, left, and state Senator Laura Wakin-Chapman, right, listen as Gov. Patrick Morrisey talks about the importance of youth learning basic civics in making ...

You probably recall a school lesson in your past about our “bicameral legislature” or the “separation of powers” between our three branches of government. But did you ever get a lesson in graduated ...

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 ...

In regards to Susan Estrich’s column “Conspiring to tell the truth,” thank you to The Columbian for providing a much-needed reminder of basic civics and history, which should be taught in all ...

Florida middle schoolers demonstrated civic engagement and problem-solving skills at the inaugural National Civics Bee State Finals. Surveys reveal a concerning lack of basic civic literacy among ...

On Sept. 17, in Washington, D.C., a coalition of more than 40 groups gathered with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to plan to upgrade civic and history education on the eve of America’s ...

Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, conducted annually by the Annenberg Public Policy Center ...

When citizens lack a foundational understanding of how our government functions, how their rights are protected, and how they can meaningfully participate in civic life, the consequences are profound.