Real Civics

Campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who has never run a presidential effort before, is trying to re-energize Hillary Clinton's campaign heading into the Iowa caucuses. For both women, it's the fight of their careers.

Three Denver teenage girls skipped school and flew to Germany to join ISIS before being sent home. Why are American teenagers drawn to the Islamic terror group?

A veteran anthropologist of radical movements holds court at the U.N.

A decade ago al Qaeda would meet potential recruits face to face; now ISIS engages in one-to-one dialogue while sat 2,000 miles away.

The government increased security after the episode, but it also put new focus on teachers, who are expected to instill republican values and the concept of the rule of law.

Fewer than half of America’s eighth graders knew the purpose of the Bill of Rights, according to test results.

Passing the exam is now a graduation requirement in a growing number of states, including—unsurprisingly—Arizona. One group wants that to be the law in all 50 states by 2017. Here’s why the initiative could do more harm than good.

Together, we can perfect the Union by strengthening our civic life. But to do this, everyday Americans and our leaders need to take action. There are steps we can take today to help secure our future.

Civic dispositions are traits essential for democratic character formation and the maintenance of constitutional democracy. This study investigates the proposition that civic education contributes to students’ development of the capacities that

For months, Alex had been growing closer to a new group of friends online — the kindest she had ever had — who were teaching her what it meant to be a Muslim.

In this lesson, students will explore some of the complex reasons some teenagers are drawn to ISIS, and investigate how a recruitment pipeline funnels young people from their computer screens to the middle of the Syrian civil war.