| Beginning this week’s curation is the latest piece in our civic institutions series, featuring the California-based think tank, the Claremont Institute. Through its fellowship programs, essays and articles, litigation efforts, and podcasts, Claremont works to “restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.” President Ryan Williams says that in order to revive the concept of American self-government, Americans must combat the “vicious lies” being told about America’s Founders and celebrate our nation’s “heritage, heroes, accomplishments, and people.” Chester Finn and Frederick Hess argue that inculcating civic knowledge in students is just one part of the mission of civic education: educators, policymakers, and teachers also need to ensure that students are capable of functioning as citizens. They point to the recently-released “Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy,” a framework that was the result of a joint effort compromised of over 300 scholars, as a way teachers can get students up to speed on the civic duties and character all American should possess. American Civics portal editor Mike Sabo covers the recent Idols, Identity Politics, and Lies of Our Age conference at Patrick Henry College, which featured Daniel J. Mahoney, Joshua Mitchell, and Rod Dreher speaking about how identity politics is displacing Christianity. According to their presentations, social justice ideology is an alternate religion that discards traditional Christian categories such as conversion in favor of pitting oppressed against oppressor, or groups based by race, against each other. As Mitchell argued, we are facing “a great American awakening without God and forgiveness,” which threatens the very principle of “e pluribus unum” on which America was based. Original Posts Mike Sabo, RealClearWire Claremont Institute president Ryan Williams says that American civic education faces an acute crisis. In his estimation, essentially every institution – the vast complex of media, B... Mike Sabo, RealClearReligion At the recent Idols, Identity Politics, and Lies of Our Age conference sponsored by Patrick Henry College, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and The American Conservative, profe... Essential Reading David Randall, National Association of Scholars The Civics Bill Tracker includes a Database and a Summary Analysis of every proposed American civics education bill, both... In the News Sahil Kapur, NBC News Rachel DeSantis, People Charles Lipson, RealClearPolitics Abraham Unger, The Hill Mark Walsh, Education Week Jason Schaumburg, The Center Square Chester E. Finn & Frederick M. Hess, The Hill Kitty Oliver, Florida Today Christopher F. Rufo, City Journal Rachel Kramer Bussel, Forbes Adam Carrington, American Spectator David Lewis Schaefer, Law & Liberty David Davenport, Ashbrook Thomas Koenig, The Dispatch John Avlon, Mickey Edwards, et al., Time Justices Sonia Sotomayor & Neil Gorsuch, Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia... Lucas Morel & Thomas Cleveland, Jack Miller Center How can our knowledge of Lincoln and the founders help us in this age of political polarization? On March 30, 2021 political theorist and Lincoln expert... Bill of Rights Institute Why was the presidential election of 2000 so controversial, and what constitutional questions were raised during the vote... Chris Flannery, The American Story Ely Parker was born in 1828 to Elizabeth and William Parker of the Tonawanda Seneca tribe of the Iroquois confederacy in western... Rachel Davison Humphries, Bill of Rights Institute Join Rachel for This Week in Civics as we explore the Supreme Court docket, and take a quick look at Supreme Court History... Carl Cannon's Great American Stories Today's quote comes from Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, who threw the only Opening Day no-hitter in major league ... Good morning, it's Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Seventy-four years ago today, the Brooklyn Dodgers finished the preseason by completing a ... By the time you read this, Hideki Matsuyama will have returned the green jacket he won at August National Golf ... | 
