General Civics
Dave Racer on how American government works: the Constitution, why citizens should show up, his textbook for teens, and the Student Senate.
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Why Care About How Government Works?
Chapter One of Dave’s textbook How Our Government Really Works: government is run by those who show up, and every citizen can show up…
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Passivity with Servitude, or Active Knowledge to Live in Liberty?
Which government would you choose: one that runs your life, one that underwrites it, or one limited to protecting it? As government grows, liberty…
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The textbook for today’s teens (and you)
How We the People Designed our Government to Work, released January 1, 2025: Dave’s American Government course for teens, collected in one textbook.
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Teacher who changed my life
In 1961 Dr. James Phillips taught Dave ninth-grade civics in St. Paul: to love the U.S. Constitution and to love education. Dave retells it…
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Who even understands the Constitution
Dobbs v. Jackson did not take a right away; it returned abortion to the states. The angry reaction shows how few Americans understand the…
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Student Senate – Changing Lives
The 2022 Student Senate session ends as a new president takes the gavel. Dave on the program he invented in 2001 and what it…