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Prepare for Civic Learning Week by re-watching our award-winning series, “Citizen Nation.” The series is an inspiring coming-of-age story that follows teenagers from across the U.S. with diverse personal and political backgrounds as they come together to compete in the nation’s premier civics competition, We the People.
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