The Best Episodes of We the People Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   5.4/10(60 votes)

   #1 - Active Citizenship

   S1:E17/4/2021

   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.

   Directors:Peter Ramsey, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Benjy Brooke, Tim Rauch, Victoria Vincent, Everett Downing Jr., Daron Nefcy, Trisha Gum, Kendra Ryan, Mabel Ye

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   Directors:Peter Ramsey, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Benjy Brooke, Tim Rauch, Victoria Vincent, Everett Downing Jr., Daron Nefcy, Trisha Gum, Kendra Ryan, Mabel Ye

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   5.4/10(58 votes)

   #2 - The Bill of Rights

   S1:E27/4/2021

   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.

   Directors:Peter Ramsey, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Benjy Brooke, Tim Rauch, Victoria Vincent, Everett Downing Jr., Daron Nefcy, Trisha Gum, Kendra Ryan, Mabel Ye

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   5.7/10(62 votes)

   #3 - Taxes

   S1:E37/4/2021

   The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.

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   4.9/10(56 votes)

   #4 - The Three Branches of Government

   S1:E47/4/2021

   Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.

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   5.1/10(54 votes)

   #5 - The First Amendment

   S1:E57/4/2021

   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!

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   4.5/10(52 votes)

   #6 - Federal vs State Power

   S1:E67/4/2021

   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.

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   5.3/10(56 votes)

   #7 - Immigration

   S1:E77/4/2021

   A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.

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   5.3/10(54 votes)

   #8 - The Courts

   S1:E87/4/2021

   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.

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   5.6/10(56 votes)

   #9 - We the People

   S1:E97/4/2021

   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.

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    5.3/10(55 votes)

    #10 - The Miracle of Morning

    S1:E107/4/2021

    Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.

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