We the People - Season 1
1 - Active Citizenship
Air Date: July 4, 2021
You 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.
2 - The Bill of Rights
Air Date: July 4, 2021
These 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.
3 - Taxes
Air Date: July 4, 2021
The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.
4 - The Three Branches of Government
Air Date: July 4, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.
5 - The First Amendment
Air Date: July 4, 2021
Brandi 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!
6 - Federal vs State Power
Air Date: July 4, 2021
States do some things, feds do others. But when federal and state governments link up, it's a beautiful balance of power. Performed by Kyle.
7 - Immigration
Air Date: July 4, 2021
A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.
8 - The Courts
Air Date: July 4, 2021
A 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.
9 - We the People
Air Date: July 4, 2021
We the people hold the power, and when we struggle, we pick each other up and get a little bit… stronger! Performed by Janelle Monáe.
10 - The Miracle of Morning
Air Date: July 4, 2021
Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.