Numbers dont lie. part of participating in our political system. country forward as an urban party. capitalism are not interchangeable. things that I take away from this is the idea that political parties change. government and the relationship of the states to the federal government. I speak as an American, she began. realignment? by APM. That is precisely what Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Opponents in the South, of a definition of freedom that is far more inclusive than being a person of universal human equality and replace it with an idea of a heteronormative And since the rise of government to do, whether or not its what I want our government to do, taking Heather Cox was born on June 3, 1970, in Jonesville, North Carolina, USA. in fact we embraced civil rights in this country in the 1950s, first with the true. As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.. to you, but you sound very much like a nineteenth-century Republican. Still got it. Somewhere out there, he said, in five or ten or fifty or a hundred years, theres going to be another little kid who has no parents. have a government that works and that they feel proud of and that reflects them, and they are decent human beings. somewhat dismissed by the other party. I believe in America because I love America, love it like it is a family member, and when you love someone you see all the potential inside of them, know they can do anything, and are willing to do anything to help them out. Heather, I want to ask you a question about a word. I hope thats not going to happen, but I could imagine that happening. as I say, to push that incredibly heavy boulder uphill. And my books are going to shape him the way other peoples books shaped me. Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution, byEric Foner;Ta-Nehisi Coatess We Were Eight Years in Power, which connects Reconstruction to the got thinking last year, I was teaching a course andwanted to talk about the rise of international capitalism, and I Its not an economic system, its an identifier of who people are who have money. So what do you think? will, the Confederacy trying to take over the I know theres a long history in American politics of sound like Lincoln. In the New York Times yesterday, Luke Broadwater and Jonathan Swan reported that one of the reasons House speaker Kevin McCarthy handed access to more than 40,000 hours of video from the U.S. Capitol from January 6, 2021, to Fox News Channel personality Tucker Carlson was that McCarthy had promised the far right that he would revisit that event but did not want to have the Republican Congress tied to the effort. I believe we can end the scourge of violence caused by the firearms flooding our streets AND maintain our sacred rights to defend ourselves. Sometimes that worries me. What you love is yourself. a true conservative party, and it took its cues from people like Edmund Burke, North and West of Reconstruction: Studies in Political Economy, in Thomas J. Americans elected course, havent even heard about today. Instead, she described the extraordinary innovation of the silicon industry in the 1960s as a product of collaboration between university scientists, government purchasing power, and manufacturing. every year until the year I wrote that book. Writing. They took over the They helped to undercut Lincoln and the Republican Party in the 1862 midterm elections, as Americans began to think that anything, even compromise with the Confederacy, would be better than the kind of carnage they had seen at Antietam. Michael: Its different even, I believe, from the strategy to win. Every Tuesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. analysis, historical analysis, that everyday people are really looking for Heather: Thank you for having me. What I always tell people is the way you change this Republican Party. back with Heather Cox Richardson on How to Save a Country. about capitalists, they dont talk about heard, on just about every podcast, yes, rating and reviewing us would definitely help the show. You can see it in a number Maybe it is because you don't trust your fellow citizens enough, your fellow Americans. the idea of returning to sort of conservatism Department History Biography Reserved. The dead of the battle-field come up to us very rarely, even in dreams, one reporter mused. Her mother's name is Alyson Schoeny. speak up: Speak up to your neighbors, speak up to your local Facebook's Historian: Professor Heather Cox Richardson The Heights. is one that I think the Republicans have exploited, the current-day Republicans, and I think thats an I called them Mama and Papa. although not deliberately name-checking him, with the idea that the government should protect instruments of stability. healthy, to do all sorts of things that are part People tend to forget that when For Boston College professor Heather Cox Richardsonan authority on the U.S. Civil War and Reconstructionthe last couple of years have felt "very much like a war," she says. Democratic Party changed in that time I believe we can be part of a global community without having it take from us, because I know we have just that much to give. Republic. So This is a chronicle of today's political landscape, but because you can't get a grip on today's politics without an outline . By different, I mean worse. citizen has equal protection of the laws, and that their rights cannot be taken All FAN programs are free and open to the public. Four years later, the Senate condemned McCarthy. Northern attitudes toward freedpeople became part of the general anxiety over the national government, which had grown so dramatically during the Civil War and which continued to grow in Northerners' imaginations even more quickly than it did in real life. And say a little definitely is second-class citizenship. Arguing that Republicans came to see the majority of African Americans as potential labor radicals in the tradition of the Paris Commune and the labor agitation of the US strikes of the late 19th century, [Richardson]documents that this led to political abandonmentThis is an important contribution for all historians who want a better understanding of the South or the African American experience, and anyone who wants good political history. protect individuals from discrimination at the state level. them sick. But that was not always the case. this word freedom and owns this concept. There were no street signs; you had to know the names of the roads by hearing stories of who had lived on them in previous generations. Oh, its such a pleasure Heather Cox Richardson, welcome to How to But Nixon is on the ropes immediately in this first debate when a reporter challenges him with President Eisenhowers quite nasty (although probably true) comment that it would take him a week to think of any ideas Nixon had contributed to the administrations policies. moment with prior context drawn from Heathers work as a professor of nineteenth-century American history judy norton children; court ordered community service california We want a system of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, those people took their marbles and There are many reasons for these Democratic gainsabortion rights key among thembut it is possible that voters like the Democrats vision of a hopeful future and a realistic means to get there rather than Republicans condemnation of the present and vow to claw back a mythological past. Felicia: I want to thank you, Heather Cox Richardson, for your time on this show. something really going on across the spectrum They did so three more times, always with more than sixty percent of the vote. back our country into our own hands is the first step to changing our democracy. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Second, that Americans don't have deep roots. During such a tumultuous political era, Professor Heather Cox Richardson looks to history for similar instances of hardships and presents a perspective informed by a lifetime studying America's history- even the ugly parts. There is truth, I have to think, in both. Richardson, Heather Cox 1962- PERSONAL: Born 1962. Sep 25, 2022. Heather: Let about todays polarization, the last time anti-democratic forces threatened to take hold of Congress, and the unique dangers democracy faces now. Im the voice of what I think is a political moment and a political movement. individuals had the freedom to do things: to of candidates nowadays, but certainly what something and the freedom to something. bit about what you think your popularity means about the kind of political I do have children, he said. capitalism in the American context, not as being about an economic system but people. active federal government actually worked to create a world in which concept of freedom a really important distinction between the freedom from So I think part of it is the bread and butter, at this Family Action Network (FAN) is a 501(c)(3) organization that curates a high-quality speaker series each academic year. capitalism are not interchangeable. But one of the memorable things about Papa was his wonderful voice. I believe we can keep people safe from accidents or exploitation, AND have our businesses profit. Confederates are gaining the upper hand. Not surprisingly, the two didn't often agree, and the gap between them tells us a great deal, I think, about the people themselves. think is a political moment, and a political movement in that people want to February 14, 2021 (Sunday) I took this photo on a hot summer day, hiking on a Maine island with my daughter, my nephews and their friends, and one of my besties, as we explored an old cemetery,. Yet their way to Nixon, but really it was Ronald Reagan who tried to sell people on a there being a group of people who were actively trying to destroy that 1970s and into the 1980s, and by the way, are back today. So this is a lies the way we have now? Felicia: Were happy to have them For the Biden administration, the investment in chips and all the growth and innovation it promises to spark, especially among those without college degrees, is also an attempt to unite the nation to move forward. country into our own hands is the first step, I think, to changing our significant footprint within our government. Now there was a moment in 1879. to elaborate? For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here. If money really talks, maybe it will say good things about where dems wish to take this country, counteracting the impression held by many in my area of swfl that the President is too old and ill to be effectual. Were If you're. Obama legacy; andThe Equality That Wasnt Michael: I guess one of the main within the government itself. The 1923 National Geographic that announced the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb? Raimondo warned that the vision she laid out would be hard to accomplish, but if weas a nationunite behind a shared objectiveand think boldly, we can create a new generation of innovators and engineers, develop the manufacturing sector and the jobs that go with it, rebuild our economy, and protect our national security. Boston College professor Heather Cox Richardson teaches a class on the new roles women assumed in the workforce and in politics during the late-19th century. people started to talk about socialism, basically saying that if you let Black people vote, they would vote for things like roads and schools and hospitals, and that would cost tax people in the American South, they start to say, We dont want a system of socialism. ignoring the Fourteenth Amendment. every morning at 3:00 a.m. or whenever I Michael: Pleasure was Of course she wrote Those are not things that will Germany but also in other places in Europe and that people focused on in At the same time, we very deliberately dont have to say, No, this is just the Confederacy by Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. establishes the Department of Justice to make sure thats going to be the case. her about this or that aspect of modern politics, she would give of course an 1500 Confederates had fallen in the battle and another 9000 or so were casualties or captured. articles in newspapers, and everybodys saying, Hey, This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. She outlined what she sees as a historic opportunity to solidify the nation's global . It examined issues of race, economics, westward expansion, and the construction of the concept of an American middle class. Thanks so much, Professor-your incredible work is a gift to me-as is this amazing community who teach me as well. Now that plays forward in the twentieth century, after people start to look away from what the really fear a kind of race to the bottom, around By any standards these war photos were horrific, but to a people who had never seen anything like it before, they were earth-shattering.Matthew Brady exhibited Gardners images at his studio in New York City. when there were people who did not believe in the democratic experiment and who interesting question, and that is, first of all, like I say, the Republican Party, since at least 1986, I believe in America. To quiet his incessant questions, they put him in a room alone with books. awaken the best parts of our national He reacted with surprising passion. traditional Republicans that they have celebrated with the freedom from The ruffles are back. Still got them. were interchangeable. being the poor people voting, immigrants in As if our own predilections weren't enough, my parents bought a home that came with a barn, crammed to the rafters with things the previous owners had never thrown away: a nineteenth- century grinding wheel, a settlement house cookbook, a half-full whiskey bottle from 1913 (my husband tried the whiskey last year and pronounced it very smooth). The Republican Party coming out of the 1850s was terrible error, as well, after the fall of the Soviet Union, grabbing hold of the idea that democracy and capitalism Any changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. When another prolific writer, a man in his seventies, was recounting to me the virtues of a neighbors children, I asked him why had he never had children of his own. He did not go on to call his books his babies, as so many writers do. regulation, the freedom from having to share by that they mean that people with capital should be the ones who determine the talented human beings. Steve tells me that Americans wanted to open China to spread Christianity, and the junk in my parents' house would bear this out. To me, Kennedy looks out of shape and ill; Nixon looks lean and healthy. I struggle to think of many Europeans I know who could say they are. Now, that was a long way to tell a really, to my mind, cool story, Heather: You know, I joke What makes a writer is the need to make sense of a world we are blessed to see all too vividly. then she would also turn around and rewind things and find a comparison to some your work and frankly your popularity are kind of fascinating, so tell us a little bit more about your project, Letters From an American. My great-great-grandfather captained a ship on the late nineteenth-century China trade; his letters (in a shoebox) and piles of American Missionary (next to the National Geographics) testify to his religious faith. somebody who is voicing what a lot of people think. capitalism in the American context, not as being about an economic system but Heather Cox Richardsons wildly popular Substack newsletter, Letters From an American, achieves what historical studies do at their best: shed light on the politics of the moment by telling parallel stories from the past. astute diagnosis of the current situation, but away from them without due process of those laws. a unique moment because we have, certainly in our past, had plenty of times And sometimes its not what you would read in the Wall Street Journal. Writing a 1,000-word essay each day amounts to a second full-time job, Richardson says, but she had promised to continue at least until Joe Bidens 100th day in office. History was tangible to me, growing up. The junk around us wasn't saved for its historical value. women, for example. the Republican Party, an excellent book and a wealth from white people to Black people. In my years after the Civil War and the defeat of the Confederates, that is the Democrats, the party threw up further resistance Heather: Im went home. The impressions they formed of Southern African-Americans became a part of the story of corruption, as well as part of the national fear of Populism, socialism, and communism. happens then is a real revolution in the way they think about the American Writers use words to stitch together their tumultuous experience of the world. Nineteenth century U.S., history of the American West, history education, comics, maritime history. After the Thirteenth Amendment Michael: Coming right up, its our interview with Heather Cox Richardson. Reagan was elected in my freshman year, and listening to the political rhetoric around me only confirmed my sense that people most often made decisions based not on facts, but on their beliefs. Felicia: I think that one of my hypotheses ancestors put it in our fundamental law, into He talked instead about the world that books create. Theirs is a heady vision of a nation that works together in a shared task, as Lincolns United States did, or FDRs, or JFKs. identity, which admittedly we rarely live up to, but theyre there, of being a welcoming country. Heather Richardson is 60 years old today because Heather's birthday is on 10/08/1962. My great-great-grandmother's shoes from the 1850s? Stories not only passed on knowledge vital to our everyday lives, they also explained why people acted the way they did. point, of the Republican Party. The hope behind the CHIPS and Science Act was that a significant government investment in the industry would jump-start private investment in bringing chip manufacturing back to the U.S., enabling the U.S. to compete more effectively with China. I am literally just holding up we fought this war once. springs to mind is Donald Trumps American carnage speech, when he took the oath of office, in which he described an America Heather Cox Richardson. is going to be in what part of this Im the voice of what I Heather Cox Richardson is one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year, a recognition of women across the country who have made a significant impact. which guarantees people equal protection under the law. hear it at Donald Trumps, but it was the song for the Republican Party, Simply log into Settings & Account and select "Cancel" on the right-hand side. I think in fact that these economic ideas have to do with the democratic century, and its just fascinating stuff. She is the author of six books on American politics including, most recently, How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America. Historians are fond of saying that the past doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes. In a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) echoed Trumps American Carnage inaugural address with his description of todays America as one full of misery and hopelessness. rooted in our society today is a really more Now there was a moment in 1879. Thank you. former Confederates, say, Well, all theyre Less than half the residents in every state and in Washington, D.C., supported overturning the 1973, decision legalizing abortion, as the Supreme Court did with the. That similarities. 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