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Impeachment is something we're hearing a lot about in the news. But where are we actually in the process? What's the difference between impeachment and an…

Not even Mayor Jim Donchess expected the city’s new thirteen-week, twenty-six hour class on city government to fill up so fast. “Fifty people seemed like…

New Hampshire is the mainspring for America’s summer camp story. The birthplace of a tradition that has shaped the lives of not only local kids, but kids…

The past year has been a living civics lesson for our country: two impeachments, a tense election, a split U.S. Senate, and an insurrection at the…

Today's Ask Civics 101 question: What is an executive order? Read on, or listen to this short podcast episode for the answer.Do you have a question for…

Being made to stand in a blue box painted on the sidewalk in Orlando might not be your idea of fun. But city legislators are coming up with this and other tactics to deal with what is being called "aggressive panhandling." Robert Siegel talks with Maria Foscarinis of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty about both sides of the legal questions surrounding panhandling, civil rights, and how cities trying to improve their image are dealing with the problem.

As with so many things this year, the 2020 Election has required us to adjust expectations, particularly around when we'll know the winner of the…

The practical role government plays in every stage of a citizen’s life—from birth to death—is the theme of the next season of Civics 101. Beginning…

This week's ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the resulting turmoil on Capitol Hill has made for some very timely discussions in high school civics classes.

On today's show:Civics 101 - Declaring War"'Please Call Stella': Capturing English, from Afrikaans to Zulu." Producer Rebecca Sheir taks a look -- and…