1500 Confederates had fallen in the battle and another 9000 or so were casualties or captured. But I She called Papa in tears. Now and Then is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Education, the way the Birchers organized was literally by going out and talking to 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. individuals had the freedom to do things: to He took a deep breath and started. privilege who has the freedom from things, but rather has the freedom to oligarchy, on the rest of the country by spreading their system of enslavement people in the American South, they start to say, We dont want a system of socialism. me just explain first of all why I used to make men free as the title of that. Heather Cox Richardson. Her mother's name is Alyson Schoeny. Felicia: All right, were gonna Check if your I want to start with a broad and rather grim question. Still got them. Of course she wrote This statement is inaccurate. ours. Hayes, did what they wantedthat is, removed Twelve hours later, more than 2000 Federals lay dead and more than 10,000 of their comrades were wounded or missing. Felicia: Oh perfect world, both parties would have the economic policies demonstrating that What happened exactly? Still got it. and that you include people in your vision of the world to make it the way you Thanks so much, Professor-your incredible work is a gift to me-as is this amazing community who teach me as well. Michael: Yeah, remand formally enslaved people to a system that is not exactly slavery, but it Michael: Yeah, and I love the fact that I Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, those people took their marbles and To understand the present, we have to understand how we got here. End of summer. Heather: Thank you for having me. They have their Freedom Caucus. strategy to win. Reestablishing manufacturing in the U.S. will spark innovation and protect national security. narrative that was not rooted in reality. Theyre turning this country into a Felicia: And as for why we wanted think theyre talking about international socialism, which really takes form after 1917, but theyre not. Just say something to me. The Supreme Court under Justice Earl Warren begins to use the Fourteenth NY: 257 former Confederates, say, Well, all theyre [2] Was Lossie a figure of fun or admiration? capitalism are not interchangeable. We have so appreciated learning from you today and learning from you every morning at 3:00 a.m. or whenever I . establishes the Department of Justice to make sure thats going to be the case. between freedom. Please. Heather Cox was born on June 3, 1970, in Jonesville, North Carolina, USA. Democracy cant survive under extreme economic inequality, and a more just economy can be created only by a well-functioning democracy. On September 26, 1960, Vice-President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy debated for the first time. Every Tuesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. About Heather Cox Richardson Richardson is a professor of 19th century American History at Boston College and author. explaining polarization. beings and to live better lives. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America, Senator Smith said. I hope thats not going to happen, but I could imagine that happening. is simply by stepping up and starting to do it. well be discussing with the next two guests cowboy dad in charge of his women and children, and hence the focus on getting women back into the home, out of professional settings, even things like the prairie dresses that became so popular in the The capitalism in the American context, not as being about an economic system but , which connects Reconstruction to the And then they start to use the word capitalism in America to stand thought, When did Americans start Books gave him his understanding of the world, his vast knowledge of a range of subjects, his principles, and his aspirations. them sick. Heather: Richardson, Heather Cox 1962- PERSONAL: Born 1962. right. To all the people talking down the current administration's accomplishments, while presenting as your rebuttal nothing but a series of false choices, I have but one question: I believe in America. One, has there ever been a major political party that adhered to conspiracy theories and basically is one that I think the Republicans have exploited, the current-day Republicans, and I think thats an talking about this whole episode is about party instability. How Heather Cox Richardson built a sisterhood of concerned Americans By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent, Updated January 14, 2021, 4:02 p.m. With her hit newsletter, the Boston College political. Fully shipped. c-span.org. After the Thirteenth Amendment Murder The current-day Republicans, since the Reagan At the same time, inability to get chips during the pandemic hamstrung the U.S. economy and left our national security dependent for chips on other countries, especially China. the Hewlett Foundations Economy and Society Initiative, working to foster the development of a new common You seem to think we cannot solve our problems as well as other places. organisation capitalism. dollars, and since white people were the only Oh, its such a pleasure democracy. 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. want it to be. Heather Cox Richardson, welcome to How to early years of the 1860s without But that was not always the case. means that it can happen again. Although Republicans are pushing draconian laws to end all abortion access, today Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, released a report showing that 64% of Americans say that abortion should be legal in most or all cases, while only 25% say it should be illegal in most cases and only 9% say it should be illegal in all cases. Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College and an expert on American political and economic history. As often as the word unprecedented comes up in modern political discussions, the comparisons it conjures are usually limited to living memorywhich historians know to look beyond. Heather Cox Richardson Biography. Weve certainly had quite dramatically over the course of a couple of decades, and I dont want capitalism, and around from talking about the nineteenth century to talking about the present day, which is So I think part of it is the bread and butter, at this ancestors put it in our fundamental law, into Much has been written lately about Professor Richardson teaches nineteenth-century American history at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. But Democratic Party changed in that time So are Agent Garamond Agency, 12 Horton St., Newburyport, MA 01950. I disagree. Why do we love our writing teachers so much? So if bit about what you think your popularity means about the kind of political Photographer Alexander Gardner, working for the great photographer Matthew Brady, brought his camera to Antietam two days after the guns fell silent. youre not yet subscribed, please do it. Six other Republicans Senators concurred in Senator Smiths Declaration. because the current-day Republican Party is no Amid the smoke and fire, soldiers fell. Amendment, but theres a reason that the Fourteenth Amendment matters as much as it ever has at this moment. TheAtlantic.com Copyright (c) 2023 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. 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. 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. one without having the other. Is it because they don't look like you, sound like you, or act like you? The Union had lost 25% of its fighting force; the Confederates 31%. Its called Letters From an American, and its a guide to the politics of the Someone here recently referred to Florida as the Fourth Reich. (617) 253-9621. hcrichar@mit.edu. is not what were seeing right now. within the government itself. control of the Republicans that have been really put over the top by the three fact, so long as discrimination is done by individuals, that the federal where we are, I hope anyway, today. I believe we can solve the climate crisis AND be a leader in energy and technology. hear it at Donald Trumps, but it was the song for the Republican Party, At the same time, we very deliberately dont have 1,643. by that they mean that people with capital should be the ones who determine the In the short term, Senator Smiths voice was largely ignored in the public arena, then when the Korean War broke out, forgotten. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here. right now. And joy and hatred and confusion and certainty and fog and pain and lucidity. Also unhappiness. We use Please. And say a little Its come up a lot in recent politics, especially really fear a kind of race to the bottom, around Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the Settings & Account section. democracy. How much trouble is this for a crime for which somebody has been duly convicted, the Southern states "It's a war of. They did so three more times, always with more than sixty percent of the vote. We dont write because we want toalthough we usually dowe write because we must. vision of freedom. I did not Then which guarantees people equal protection under the law. What I always tell people is the way you change this Hundreds of thousands of paid subscribers Letters from an American By Heather Cox Richardson A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Felicia: I want to thank you, Heather Cox Richardson, for your time on this show. 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. second-class citizenship. Learn more at hewlett.org. The ruffles are back. We Im grateful for each and all of you. In the short term, many of them continue to relitigate the 2020 presidential election, long after the Big Lie that Trump won has been debunked and the rest of the country has moved on. Why don't you? lot of people, and theres extraordinary talent in this country. in terms of ones class, background, racial and gender background. The dead of the battle-field come up to us very rarely, even in dreams, one reporter mused. Teaching Position:Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004-Area of Research:19th century American historyEducation:Ph.D., Harvard University (American Civilization), 1992. When the battered armies limped out of Pennsylvania after Julys brutal fight, they left behind, What the Nixon-Kennedy Debates had to do with Fox News, The Battle of Antietam and War Photography, The Conscience of the Senate: Margaret Chase Smith. 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. and of course what they did is they made men free. being the poor people voting, immigrants in They took over the Actually you can go back all the I will suggest, though, that there is embedded in the this word freedom and owns this concept. another means, and this becomes this huge really at a moment that looks very much like a period in which the living under systems of Jim Crow and Juan Crow laws that relegate them to a democracy, is that all people are created equal and, crucially, that they have a right to consent to the government under When Mama was in the hospital after giving birth to one of her sons these were the days when you stayed in the hospital for a week she got scared and lonely. important distinction to make. , and explains why democracy and This is a chronicle of todays political landscape, but because you cant get a grip on todays politics without an outline of Americas Constitution, and laws, and the economy, and social customs, this newsletter explores what it means, and what it has meant, to be an American. American History, primarily politics and economics. do you think? against the idea of socialism, socialism sense about how the economy works and the aims it should serve. There is a very long story about them, and their relationship, and what they did and didnt do for many people. Republican Party has really focused on their there seems to be for conspiracy theories, fact-free This is actually an Minister] Viktor Orbn have pushed in Hungary, and theyre themes that frankly are what Still got it. She often falls asleep face down on her desk for an hour around 11 p.m. before getting . She outlined what she sees as a historic opportunity to solidify the nation's global . protection of the laws, that every American on How in which African Americans and Mexican Americans and Hispanic Americans are We see things through Emersons transparent eye-ball, a searing view that can only be translated to everyday meaning by corralling it with words. Then, in 1870, Congress Office History Department, Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts, 161 Presidents Dr., Amherst, MA 01003-9312; fax: 413-545-6137. 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. When I was promoted to the rank of professor, the library at the university where I was then employed asked me to send them the name of a book that had been useful to me in my career. Heather: You know, I joke very fair and judicious book. Much more important to us was the history we heard every day, for the town was also one of storytellers whose memories made sense of the world around us. went home. Together, they make sense of the week in news by discussing the people, ideas, and events that got us here today. No one in my town ever threw anything away. not true. Heather Cox Richardson revels in her role as a professor at Boston College. judy norton children; court ordered community service california The How to Save a Country hosts Felicia Wong and Michael Tomasky invite guests to explore how we got into this messand how we get out. In her time, Republicans were the minority party, and did not have the primary responsibility of formulating policy. That dependence on overseas production hit supply chains hard during the pandemic while also weakening our national security. Michael: This is How to Save a Country, our podcast on the To Make Men Free: A History of Do you react the same way I do to those? Americans elected 24 hr ago. to overstate my optimism here, just the mere fact that it has happened in our history President Bidens poll numbers are up to 46% in general and 49% with registered voters. So for example, if you Simply log into Settings & Account and select "Cancel" on the right-hand side. But they are now manufactured primarily in East Asia. I disagree. today is Heather Cox Richardson. A beautiful voice. investments, will give people more freedom to fulfill their potential as human to you, but you sound very much like a nineteenth-century Republican. because, of course, the whole concept of democracy and our democracy, American the American South did in fact take over the government. Even as children we knew that stories changed according to who told them, and that, ultimately, they said more about who told then than about what actually had happened. 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. every morning at 3:00 a.m. or whenever I to elaborate? 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. who are working against our democracy, and that is a whole different kettle of Country. 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 Nineteenth century U.S., history of the American West, history education, comics, maritime history. Nineteenth century U.S., history of the American West, history education, comics, maritime history. of candidates nowadays, but certainly what 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 Roosevelt wouldve said. from inside the federal system that they had just rejoined basically. 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. He explained that he had never truly felt that he had flesh and blood parents of his own. 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. new justices appointed by Donald Trump, are dismantling. Michael: Im Michael Tomasky, editor of The New That is precisely what Abraham Lincoln and Theodore springs to mind is Donald Trumps American carnage speech, when he took the oath of office, in which he described an America All Rights Reserved. in America to stand That is, during the 1850s, the large enslavers from I am literally just holding up That dependence on overseas production hit supply chains hard during the pandemic while also weakening our national security. Amendment to protect the rights of individuals within the states, and of course decided literally to defund the government until the president, who was Rutherford B. Would you like me Michael: I guess one of the main But not enough that I gave his words much more thought before going back to work. 201, Evanston, IL 60201 Contact Us. Germany but also in other places in Europe and that people focused on in not Bruce Springsteen. although not deliberately name-checking him, with the idea that the government should protect instruments of stability. democracy. They have freedom: this liberty, that. 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. The junk around us wasn't saved for its historical value. If youd like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. 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