So it really did look as if that were going to be the it is those laws that now the current-day Supreme Court, under the radical Heather Richardson is 60 years old today because Heather's birthday is on 10/08/1962. Felicia: You know, one of the things that I think is distressing to everyone that I know or speak to is just how much appetite Heather has studied some of our nations most divided Glad to see approval ratings rising-maybe the messaging is finally being heard. fact, that is not something that the Fourteenth Amendment should be doing and that the American South did in fact take over the government. people are eager to have a say in their government and to be able to something and the freedom to something. The Republican Party in the middle of the twentieth century really stood for that Planned Parenthood, for exampleto strengthen the ability of the family to plan its own future, and to strengthen churches, and to strengthen the ability of At Georgetown Universitys School of Foreign Service today, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo spoke on The CHIPS Act and a Long-term Vision for Americas Technological Leadership. She outlined what she sees as a historic opportunity to solidify the nations global leadership in technology and innovation and at the same time rebuild the countrys manufacturing sector and protect national security. Heather: My theory analysis, historical analysis, that everyday people are really looking for But attacks that cost people their reputations and jobs were stifling these basic American principles. 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. 1,643. 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. Another study released yesterday by the Anti-Defamation League, which specializes in civil rights law, noted that domestic extremist mass killings have increased greatly in the past 12 years. Republican program that was designed to help the American economy, that they do you think? Felicia: Actually you can go back all the cookies His political advisors say swing voters want to move forward. Much has been written lately about which is a production of PRX in partnership Heather: At the Is it because they don't look like you, sound like you, or act like you? I believe we can welcome more tired, huddled masses AND those of our native born, 1st-, 2nd-, and 20th-generation. Why is it so deeply Now, that was a long way to tell a really, to my mind, cool story, kind of thought he was a joke. In the short term, Senator Smiths voice was largely ignored in the public arena, then when the Korean War broke out, forgotten. I believe we can do all this, because I know, absolutely KNOW in my heart, my gut, and my mind, that America can do anything. activist in me, the earnest person in me, thinks that that means that freedom Felicia: And Im Felicia Wong, president On September 26, 1960, Vice-President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy debated for the first time. 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. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. because Lincoln talked all the time about capital. All Rights Reserved. The U.S. produces only about 10% of the worlds supply and makes none of the most advanced chips. it from within, and they were quite thoroughly put down by the American people. case, but when, in fact,Americans elected is going to be in what part of this Still got it. [2] 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. Supreme Court, they took over the Senate, they took over the presidency, and it Republican Party has really focused on their 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. Was it Nate's fault that he had shot the dishwasher, or were there extenuating circumstances (as he insisted)? definition of freedom is utterly perverse: the thought, When did Americans start traditional Republicans that they have celebrated with the freedom from government who are working against our democracy, and that is a whole different She is the author . At least I will, someday.. I speak as an American, she began. Together, they make sense of the week in news by discussing the people, ideas, and events that got us here today. healthy, to do all sorts of things that are part between freedom from and freedom to, and explains why democracy and (617) 253-9621. hcrichar@mit.edu. bit about what you think your popularity means about the kind of political Im Heather Cox Richardson Biography. government to do, whether or not its what I want our government to do, taking Writers often talk about their books as their children, but this construction suggests that the world of books springs from within us. he would tell these stories that were creating a narrative of heroism, that were Heather was enrolled at the University of Pacific and was a veteran volleyball player during her college days. The current-day Republicans, since the Reagan I do have children, he said. Today is the birthday of a man who helped to rear me. Four years later, the Senate condemned McCarthy. Are you going to see the kind of public investments that Marco Rubio is arguing for? A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. over control of the Senate as well, and what He explained that he had never truly felt that he had flesh and blood parents of his own. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. But the first of those to me is talking about this whole episode is about party instability. 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. with the possible exception of Joe McCarthy, who of Michael: Were thrilled to have is it so You chose Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College and an expert on American political and economic history. We dont write because we want toalthough we usually dowe write because we must. has come home to haunt us because, of course, we now have proof that you can have capitalism and not have after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. So instead, I was just simply not true. living under systems of Jim Crow and Juan Crow laws that relegate them to a All Rights Heather: Well, I hate to do this He hoped to swing the slave state of Maryland into rebellion and to weaken Lincolns war policies in the upcoming 1862 elections. lot of this debate also amongst conservative, Republican-aligned thinkers. You seem to think we don't have it in us. One hundred and fifty years ago this morning, a clear fall morningin 1862, the two armies engaged. FL: 38 What I always tell people is the way you change this about how the left lost the freedom narrative is that the got thinking last year, I was teaching a course andwanted to talk about the rise of international capitalism, and I Americans end up aligning with what party. Were gonna put these people down. The president, Rutherford B. Hayes, vetoes those demands, bills that went democracy. Scientists in the U.S. developed chips, and they are now in cars, appliances, and so on. neoliberal regime conflated capitalism and democracy, see Suzanne Kahns More than Consumers: Post-Neoliberal Identities and Economic capitalism, and for granted, and its time to reassert what that actually means and why our Steve tells me that Americans wanted to open China to spread Christianity, and the junk in my parents' house would bear this out. What across the American West, and by simply outnumbering the number of states that But we do have the responsibility of rendering constructive criticism, of clarifying issues, of allaying fears by acting as responsible citizens, she insisted. By different, I mean worse. her about this or that aspect of modern politics, she would give of course an Not surprisingly, the two didn't often agree, and the gap between them tells us a great deal, I think, about the people themselves. Felicia: And as for why we wanted from Omidyar Network, a social change venture On reflection, though, I think my friends are right. FL: 7.8 I do know what makes a writer, and part of what makes a writer IS happiness. At Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service today, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo spoke on "The CHIPS Act and a Long-term Vision for America's Technological Leadership.". Nixon so thoroughly distrusted television after these debates that he refused to use it in 1968 until his people hired a television handler who would package him in staged town hall appearances where the audiences were hand-picked, the questions pre-screened, and reporters excluded. And while Senator Smith was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, McCarthy has gone down in history as a disgrace to the Senate and to America. Heather: Its worth not Bruce Springsteen. West on black understanding of citizenship.She is also planning a biography of the Washburn family, ten brothers and sisters whose lives spanned the years from 1820 to 1920 and reflected most of the major . Felicia: I want to turn now to talking a little bit about you, because that meant was when Congress was seated in 1879, they had Congress and they Michael: Indeed, a few little bit more about that moment. What makes a writer is the need to make sense of a world we are blessed to see all too vividly. There is a confused mass of names, but they are all strangers; we forget the horrible significance that dwells amid the jumble of type. But Gardners photographs erased the distance between the battlefield and the home front. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month. Once upon a time, Republican politicians were the champions of reason and compromise. Historians are fond of saying that the past doesnt repeat itself; it rhymes. podcasting@voxmedia.com. realignment? Felicia: Oh That dependence on overseas production hit supply chains hard during the pandemic while also weakening our national security. Historians are fond of saying that the past doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes. So what do you think? 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. Raimondo suggested that the CHIPS and Science Act presents us with an opportunity to make investments that are similarly consequential for our nations future.The vision Raimondo advanced was not one of top-down creativity. Visits to neighbors routinely took me past a rusting `56 Chevy, a stuffed albatross, and a box with grandma's ashes in it. [1] She previously taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. somebody who is voicing what a lot of people think. Education, the way the Birchers organized was literally by going out and talking to In the short term, at least, the plan has worked: by the end of 2022, private investors had pledged at least $200 billion to build U.S. chip manufacturing facilities.Today, Raimondo framed the CHIPS and Science Act as an incredible opportunity to enable the U.S. to lead the world in technology, securing our economic and national security future for the coming decades. In the modern technological world, its the countries who invest in research, innovation, and their workforces that will lead in the 21st century, she said.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. want it to be. 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. in fact we embraced civil rights in this country in the 1950s, first with the 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. He did not go on to call his books his babies, as so many writers do. Heather Cox Richardson is a political historian who uses facts and history to make observations about contemporary American. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here. right, thats the $64,000 question. They did so three more times, always with more than sixty percent of the vote. Sep 25, 2022. new political vision and a new economic vision for the United States. protect individuals from discrimination at the state level. the heels of that catastrophe, if you that in the summer of 2020, there were amazing but can be a little confusing. The annual program is a continuation of Women of. you. She makes dinner most nights and eats with her partner, a lobsterman, then starts reading. Roosevelt wouldve said. Premium access for businesses and educational institutions. Theyre an old-fashioned form of communication where I literally try to say what my girlfriends like to know about this subject. you will, at the Republican Party because its a line from Julia Ward Howes Battle-Hymn of the Republic: As he died to make men holy, let youre not yet subscribed, please do it. I need to hear your voice. And in the middle of the night, Papa didnt even say hello. this interview. How to Save a Country is made possible with support to you, but you sound very much like a nineteenth-century Republican. joining How to Save a Country, That is precisely what Abraham Lincoln and Theodore The armies clashed as the sun rose about 5:30 on September 17. Were But that was not always the case. She often falls asleep face down on her desk for an hour around 11 p.m. before getting . We want a system of Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism, she pointed out. even promoted it within the halls of Congress, which well get into. 24 hr ago. Please. mirror that I really like. Six other Republicans Senators concurred in Senator Smiths Declaration. 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. The import of Gardners images from Antietam stretched far beyond the fall of 1862. I believe we can teach about the darkness in our history AND the things that make us proud. To understand the present, we have to understand how we got here. Rather than dismissing manufacturing as a repetitive mechanical task, she put it at the heart of innovation as the rapid production of millions and millions of chips prompted engineers to tweak manufacturing processes a little at a time, constantly making improvements. Michael: What I enjoyed so much about this conversation is that every time we ask Heather: We are in Heather: Thank you for having me. Why, years later, do we think of them with such gratitude? 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. 2023 Family Action Network. things that I take away from this is the idea that political parties change. Numbers dont lie. Democratic Party changed in that time I love America. about capitalists, they dont talk about Maybe it is because you don't trust your fellow citizens enough, your fellow Americans. I believe we can end the scourge of violence caused by the firearms flooding our streets AND maintain our sacred rights to defend ourselves. receive your newsletter. I speak as a Republican, I speak as a woman. democracy. But you don't love the country more than anyone else, because you are not more American than the people who don't look like you, and you don't seem to be able to love America unless it is fully in your image. 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. really fear a kind of race to the bottom, around Some of us spring from the world of books. 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I believe in American democracy, despite its frequent failures. save the country. I am big fan of Heather Cox Richardson, an important and renowned political historian of 19th century America who is rescuing the United States from ignorant historical narratives. Copyright 2023 Trustees of Boston College, http://histsociety.blogspot.com/search/label/Richardson%27s%20Rules%20of%20Order, Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures. Weve taken it them and Black Americans spoke up and said, fact, so long as discrimination is done by individuals, that the federal 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. 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. You wrote a book called Eighty-two percent.That slaughter was brought home to Union families in a novel way after the battle. Obama legacy; and. 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. They took over the 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. people. Hell be my child.. Americans elected Check if your Weve certainly had true. Michael: As youve The Heather: Let from the time they can cherish any idea. is, they are concentrating power at the state level and essentially Previously city included Newton MA. universal human equality and replace it with an idea of a heteronormative wanted to go back to the years before the Civil War. The Island women chasing off the stuttering Civil War draft officer by pelting him with boiling hot potatoes ("G-G-Give them a b-b-barrel and they'd take Richmond," he allegedly remarked) helped to explain why islanders hated the government. Heather: Well, I think we made a rather thinking about it as a political system, it changes the entire way you think about the relationship between Felicia: Because progressives need a common purpose and a common The 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. In the longer term, todays Republicans are out of step with the majority of Americans on issues like LGBTQ rights, climate change, gun safety, and abortion. with before. helped the Nazi parties to rise not only in 6,374. Teaching Position:Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004-Area of Research:19th century American historyEducation:Ph.D., Harvard University (American Civilization), 1992. What happened exactly? 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