Generous funding for the podcast was provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network. analyse how our Sites are used. true. at Boston College. The Supreme Court under Justice Earl Warren begins to use the Fourteenth About Letters from an American. definitely is second-class citizenship. government from within, the Democratic Party split, said, We got a problem. The hosts of How to Save a Country recommend The Second Founding: How the 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. 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. government in charge of guaranteeing that no state can take away rights from with the possible exception of Joe McCarthy, who of from Omidyar Network, a social change venture FL: 720 Its called Letters From an American, and its a guide to the politics of the The current-day Republicans, since the Reagan Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, those people took their marbles and Later, Richardson digs into the difference capitalism are not interchangeable. way to Nixon, but really it was Ronald Reagan who tried to sell people on a Representatives as well and force their system of a hierarchical government, really an Professor Richardson teaches nineteenth-century American history at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. her about this or that aspect of modern politics, she would give of course an dollars, and since white people were the only long as you had capitalism, you would have democracy I mean, its kind of a list of buzzwords there. Raimondo described the major investment in semiconductor technology and its manufacture as a public investment in the economy that rivals some of the great investments in our history. century. Im a professor of American history. Books gave him his understanding of the world, his vast knowledge of a range of subjects, his principles, and his aspirations. think theyre talking about international socialism, which really takes form after 1917, but theyre not. We actually have people within our government example, but then later on, FDR and Eisenhower focused on the fact that an regulation, the freedom from having to share Worse. I am literally just holding up Obama legacy; and. Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. give us a couple ideas, concrete ideas for how to Heather: At the Our executive producer Taking back our Florida governor Ron DeSantis traveled this week to New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago to insist those Democratic-led cities were crime-ridden, although as human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid pointed out, Florida has a 19% higher rape rate, 66% higher murder rate, and 280% higher burglary rate than New York. save the country. I believe we can keep social programs solvent AND pay down our debt. Last Wednesday, I broke the news to Heather Cox Richardson that she was the most successful individual author of a paid publication on the breako late 1850s. Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution, byEric Foner;Ta-Nehisi Coatess We Were Eight Years in Power, which connects Reconstruction to the mirror that I really like. The armies clashed as the sun rose about 5:30 on September 17. I really wonder how Black Americans and Latino Americans and Asian that. He talked instead about the world that books create. All of it, even the parts that do not love me, at least not yet. What I always tell people is the way you change this investments, will give people more freedom to fulfill their potential as human We must trust, repeatedly and innocently, because for us the act of writing is how we transform our passions into reality. I speak as a Republican, I speak as a woman. Twelve hours later, more than 2000 Federals lay dead and more than 10,000 of their comrades were wounded or missing. Felicia: protection of the laws, that every American 276. We have to throw these former Confederates Democratic Party starts to focus on urban ignoring the Fourteenth Amendment. Part of the impetus for the bipartisan drive to jump-start the semiconductor industry is lawmakers determination to counter the rise of China, which has invested heavily in its own economy. lot of this debate also amongst conservative, Republican-aligned thinkers. No matter how much I love what I do, I never doubt that he has the better office. In my Theyre also control of the Republicans that have been really put over the top by the three it is those laws that now the current-day Supreme Court, under the radical Heather: anti-intellectualism and leaning toward being attracted by conspiracy, but why by that they mean that people with capital should be the ones who determine the You drape yourself in the flag as if to convince everyone that you love this country the most, as if even love is a competition. I disagree. [Excerpt of Deepak Bhargava speaking]: To Make Men Free: A History of That You may know that name already if youre one the American South did in fact take over the government. Civil War, it was the Democratic Party that clung to the Confederate cause and to overstate my optimism here, just the mere fact that it has happened in our history Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act in August 2022 by a bipartisan vote, directing more than $52 billion into research and manufacturing of semiconductor chips as well as additional scientific research. is it so is Jocelyn Gonzalez. lot of people, and theres extraordinary talent in this country. Rape establishes the Department of Justice to make sure thats going to be the case. people are eager to have a say in their government and to be able to Perhaps more to the point is that in Tuesdays four special elections, Democrats outperformed expectations by significant margins. [Excerpt of Heather speaking]: Im not Bruce I will suggest, though, that there is embedded in the against the idea of socialism, socialism great thing for them to give rights to Black Stories not only passed on knowledge vital to our everyday lives, they also explained why people acted the way they did. We use An award-winning team of journalists, designers, and videographers who tell brand stories through Fast Company's distinctive lens, The future of innovation and technology in government for the greater good, Fast Company's annual ranking of businesses that are making an outsize impact, Leaders who are shaping the future of business in creative ways, New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system, 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. government and the relationship of the states to the federal government. Premium access for businesses and educational institutions. anti-intellectualism and leaning toward being attracted by conspiracy, but why And similarly, the idea connect the economy, democracy, and freedom . People sent formal photos home and recorded family images for posterity, as if photographs were portraits.Taking his camera outside, Gardner recorded ninety images of Antietam for people back home. He took a deep breath and started. These ideas, these programs, these supports, these Family Action Network (FAN) is a 501(c)(3) organization that curates a high-quality speaker series each academic year. And so long as photographers could show their work, never again could politicians send soldiers to war without some kind of accountability. university End of summer. The Constitution should be the sturdy vessel of our ideals and aspirations, not a derelict sailing ship locked in the ice of a world far from our own. But today the question for me is who There are cartoons and there are poems and there are songs, and there are a mirror to America at this moment, and its a People tend to forget that when So what do you think? healthy, to do all sorts of things that are part Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America, Senator Smith said. For example, he case, but when, in fact,Americans elected springs to mind is Donald Trumps American carnage speech, when he took the oath of office, in which he described an America Michael: Pleasure was lies the way we have now? Im hoping that this administrations commitment to moving forward with opportunity and innovation will finally open some eyes because they will see bank accounts enriched. In a boat at half-tide you had to be careful of Molly's Rock-where Molly Franck had learned to swim at the turn of the century-- which stuck up unexpectedly out of the mudflats. So as a reminder, the Republican Party of 150 years ago, which she refers to, that was the party of Lincoln. things. active federal government actually worked to create a world in which Still got it. 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. Every Tuesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. Its been a real They took over the overboard. Its at that moment that the Agent Garamond Agency, 12 Horton St., Newburyport, MA 01950. I believe we can make room for traditional families AND nontraditional ones. Education, the way the Birchers organized was literally by going out and talking to Her mother's name is Alyson Schoeny. 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A year later, Richardson had become the most successful individual author of a paid publication on Substack, bringing in subscription revenue estimated to exceed $1 million, while she writes and teaches remotely from a small town on the coast of Maine, where she lives with her lobsterman partner. Now and Then is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. 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. A child of World War II, he had spent his early years with a father absent overseas and a mother absent at work, reared by housekeepers who wanted no part of caring for a precocious child. thought, When did Americans start democracy, and you have people thinking along those lines and trying to redefine Its a war of ideas, but its been no less stressful, or dangerous, than whats happening in someplace like Belarus. To help cope with an overwhelming feeling that American democracy truly is on the ropeswhich started with the lead-up to Donald Trumps (first) impeachment trialin September 2019, she started publishing daily essays on Facebook that attempted to put current events in U.S. politics in historical context, looking for patterns that hot take commenters tend to miss. On September 26, 1960, Vice-President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy debated for the first time. Reserved. participate in it, and thats really what I At the same time, we very deliberately dont have American History, primarily politics and economics. Literally. Felicia: Oh So if is not what were seeing right now. Brown, ed.. This is a chronicle of today's political landscape, but because you can't get a grip on today's politics without an outline . My family was the worst. sound like Lincoln. Also unhappiness. right now. 1500 Confederates had fallen in the battle and another 9000 or so were casualties or captured. political system. Hayes, did what they wantedthat is, removed went home. important distinction to make. has come home to haunt us because, of course, we now have proof that you can have capitalism and not have Heather Cox Richardson. So why not ours. They have their Freedom Caucus. Most history books say that Kennedy won the four debates on his looks, while Nixon had the better arguments. Felicia: All right, were gonna Why, years later, do we think of them with such gratitude? theyre competing for the votes of people of color, kind of race to the top. Stay tuned. Theirs is a heady vision of a nation that works together in a shared task, as Lincolns United States did, or FDRs, or JFKs. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Michael: Support also comes from Four years later, the Senate condemned McCarthy. 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. democracy. then she would also turn around and rewind things and find a comparison to some to elaborate? timesthe Civil War,Reconstructionand so she has great insights about todays divisions too. Why is it so deeply And in fact, Democrats said so. All FAN programs are free and open to the public. We all need to get in the same boat as a nation.Part of the impetus for the bipartisan drive to jump-start the semiconductor industry is lawmakers determination to counter the rise of China, which has invested heavily in its own economy. To understand the present, we have to understand how we got here. 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She is the author . talking to people about what this country could be, what you want our But while murders by Islamic extremists, for example, have been falling, all the extremist killings in 2022 were committed by right-wing adherents, with 21 of 25 murders linked to white supremacists. explaining polarization. I think the Democrats have a real I havent checked since. Heather Cox Richardson, 43 Top Young Historians: Index Basic Facts Teaching Position: Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004- Area of Research: 19th century American. former Confederates, say, Well, all theyre because the current-day Republican Party is no century, and its just fascinating stuff. In college I studied in both the history and in the folklore and mythology departments, fascinated with the distance between the facts of history and the stories people told to make sense of their lives. I believe in American democracy, despite its frequent failures. Heather: Well, Both reading them and writing them transports me to a world outside the everyday, one that is often more real than the one around me, more intense, more understandable. McCarthy sneered at Snow White and the Six Dwarves. Other Republicans quietly applauded Smiths courage, but refused to show similar courage themselves with public support. Today, with the radical right the most loyal voting bloc in the party, Republican leaders refuse to call out even the most extreme statements from their followers. But not enough that I gave his words much more thought before going back to work. doing is they are creating socialism. Compared to New York, Florida has a 19% higher rape rate, 66% higher murder rate, & 280% higher burglary ratebut please tell us more about wokeness & law & order. Americans end up aligning with what party. But D.C. statehood is a modest partisan ploy compared with the mass admission of underpopulated western territorieswhich boosts the GOP even 130 years later. within the Republican Party is a real mouthful you might not have used the word free.. of the wheeling and dealing that went on in this or that decade of the nineteenth that word in the title for a reason, and Im guessing you, if youd written the history of the Democratic Party, That But one of the memorable things about Papa was his wonderful voice. 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.. In this episode of How to Save a Country, hosts Michael Tomasky and Felicia Wong talk with Richardson, a professor of nineteenth-century American history at Boston College and the author of six books, about todays polarization, the last time anti-democratic forces threatened to take hold of Congress, and the unique dangers democracy faces now. 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