#Civics

Sarah Churchwell

sarahchurchwell

One urgent thing the US and the UK can both do to restore their social fabric is to teach civics in the schools and advanced civics at universities. It is

Lady Demosthenes

LadyDemosthenes

Civics: the study of the rights and duties of citizens.Derived from the Latin word “civics”, meaning relating to the citizen”.Civics is our agreed upon ideology as a nation.The reflection and

1/I think AOC is gifted when it comes messaging. Is she our most effective Democratic legislator? No. The fact that the DNC's putting her on the stage over other legislators

PantsuitPolitics

PantsuitPolitic

Hello, I know I'm a day late to this party. I hope you will indulge some thoughts that I have about Senator Sasse's "civics lesson." (I promise I'm only imposing

The average American is so politically uninformed. All these “do something Democrats!” statuses yesterday were so depressing. People really send Dems into the lions den unarmed and then blame them

Ben Sasse: This would be confusing to 8th graders. ... Fuck 8th graders. In any event, it's not CONFUSING to my SECOND grader. I told him what's happening: "The bad

No love, respectfully. If I was an opp I would not be encouraging anyone to learn, for themselves, how the government works. Nor would I be encouraging us to hold

If you are angry at Democrat’s for not stopping this scotus farce I have news for you. This is what HRC supporters were yelling about in 2016 begging you to

According to my neighbor’s son, his 7th grade civics class watched part of the hearings. His teacher assigned them to write 500 words on “...why the Dems cannot impeach Trump.”

Genuine question: Do you think your high school taught you about politics and the political system? These responses have been fascinating. I’d love to see civics classes set an assignment

There isn’t even a common language to speak with Trump supporters. Why do they hate educated people? Why do they speak with such anger and supposed authority spewing words that

isi baehr-breen (its pronounced ‘izzy’)

the post office is not a business it is a public service. fire departments also operate at a massive net loss, but that’s ok, because it’s something we all need.god

Fund arts. Defund police. Abolish ICE.

As Donald Trump prepares for his appearance today at the @ConstitutionCtr, I want to remind everyone that the institution was largely built by the DeVos Family.#PhillyProtest #TrumpInPhillyhttps://constitutioncenter.org/richard-devos

Indians are getting so many civics and economics lessons in such a short time...1. Need to have separate state governments for ease in of administration. The outcomes from handling this

Calling any democratically elected leader "The Chosen One," as if there is some sort of divine election involved is terrible theology. It is also a claim that undermines democratic principles.

🇯🇲🇧🇴 EYES ON BOLIVIA

I don't tend to be interested in legal and procedural technicalities. I'm a Communist. Also: not everyone is a mediocre liberal who believes in separation of powers.Yes, some of us