The essential episodes of We the People
Watch these 10 in order and you've got We the People — each pick states its reason.
- 01
You have the power to be an active citizen! A young woman finds her voice building community and making change, to the groove of a H.E.R. song.
- 02
These are our rights, what makes the USA the USA: speech, press, religion and more — and no one can take them away. Performed by Adam Lambert.
- 03
The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.
- 04
The Three Branches of Government
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.
- 05
Brandi Carlile delivers a message for the young: speak out against the forces that try to silence you — because your right to free speech is protected!
- 06
States do some things, feds do others. But when federal and state governments link up, it's a beautiful balance of power. Performed by Kyle.
- 07
A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.
- 08
A citizen's anthem from Andra Day says, "All rise!" When you need the law, the courts heed the call. Justice for one should mean justice for all.
- 09
We the people hold the power, and when we struggle, we pick each other up and get a little bit… stronger! Performed by Janelle Monáe.
- 10
Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.