Q. Why do we have government shutdowns? A. The U.S. Government largely works based on yearly budgets. A shutdown occurs when the federal government fails to enact funding legislation to finance the ...

As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, the economic shocks have brought real and founded fears of a new global depression. Unemployment is skyrocketing and economic ...

Dr. Randell E. Trammell is the founder and CEO of the Georgia Center for Civic Engagement, which educates and equips students to become informed and active citizens. In this guest column, Trammell ...

This article was originally published in South Dakota Searchligh. Students attending South Dakota public universities may soon face a civics proficiency requirement to graduate. Students will take ...

Civics is generally taught in schools from kindergarten through high school; however, many factors, including fewer civics teachers and the topic now becoming controversial, have led to public schools ...

How do you teach kids to be active participants in government? Or to tell the difference between real news and fake news? In their last legislative sessions, 27 states considered bills or other ...

CLEVELAND -- When I was growing up, a course in civics was a requirement in high school curricula almost everywhere in the United States. The name varied from place to place -- what I took in 1962-63 ...

Americans know more about constitutional rights and the separation of powers than they did five years ago, but their grasp of those basics in civics is still very weak, according to researchers who ...

Idaho’s middle schoolers are invited to step up, speak out and showcase their civic knowledge. For the first time, the National Civics Bee is being held in Idaho. The Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of ...

I recently had the opportunity to attend a U.S. naturalization ceremony. This ceremony is the culmination of the lengthy legal immigration process, during which the participants officially become U.S.