Heather Cox Richardson
This is a brilliant book that explains, with engaging clarity, why our politics have reached their current frightening nadir.
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“Politics is driven by language, and America’s peculiar history has given oligarchs the language to undercut democracy.”
Read MoreIn this book, Boston College historian Heather Cox Richardson explores the (d)evolution of the Republican Party from its founding in 1854 through the presidency of George W. Bush.
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Author Interview: Heather Cox Richardson on “Democracy Awakening”
“The book in many ways is a defense of liberalism. It’s a defense of the idea that that’s really what the government should do in a democracy. The liberal consensus is what happens when you actually let people vote.”
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