We the People
Season 12021
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.
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.
10 Episodes
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.
July 4, 2021These 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.
July 4, 2021The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.
July 4, 2021Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.
July 4, 2021Brandi 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!
July 4, 2021States do some things, feds do others. But when federal and state governments link up, it's a beautiful balance of power. Performed by Kyle.
July 4, 2021A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.
July 4, 2021A 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.
July 4, 2021We the people hold the power, and when we struggle, we pick each other up and get a little bit… stronger! Performed by Janelle Monáe.
July 4, 2021Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.
July 4, 2021
