Heather, I want to ask you a question about a word. At least I will, someday.. right, thats the $64,000 question. family protections that Mitt Romney is arguing for? NY: 257 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. If you think about Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. Felicia: And Im Felicia Wong, president It was a slaughter. They are equally dangerous to you and me and to our country. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month. rather thinking about it as a political system, it changes the entire way you think about the relationship between So it really did look as if that were going to be the efforts to recenter our economy around individuals, community, and societal 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. We need to unite America around a common goal of enhancing Americas global competitiveness and leading in this incredibly crucial technology. Money isnt enough. 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. What you love is yourself. Felicia: Our theme music is courtesy But one of the memorable things about Papa was his wonderful voice. Continuing Fight for the Soul of America and To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party. decided literally to defund the government until the president, who was Rutherford B. Historians are fond of saying that the past doesnt repeat itself; it rhymes. Raimondo suggested that the CHIPS and Science Act presents us with an opportunity to make investments that are similarly consequential for our nations future.. race, and whether that can flip is part of what We dont write because we want toalthough we usually dowe write because we must. Obama legacy; and. with the possible exception of Joe McCarthy, who of So instead, I second-class citizenship. Hell be my child.. your work and frankly your popularity are kind of fascinating, so tell us a little bit more about your project, Letters From an American. where we are, I hope anyway, today. Professor Heather Cox Richardson Contact Stokes Hall Room S335 Telephone: 617-552-2149 Email: heather.richardson@bc.edu Research Interests American History, primarily politics and economics. judy norton children; court ordered community service california we have hope, and the way you participate in that His political advisors say swing voters want to move forward. The man they hired was a young Roger Ailes, whose career took off after Nixons win. Major Publications:Richardson is the author ofThe Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901, (Harvard University Press, 2001), A main selection of the History Book Club;The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republic Economic Policies during the Civil War, (Harvard University Press, 1997).Richardson is the co-editor with Sidney Andrews ofThe South Since the War, (Louisiana State University Press, 2004).Works in progress include:Race, Riots, and Rodeos: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War, 1865- 1901. Professor Richardson teaches nineteenth-century American history at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. Like him, I find books a refuge and an inspiration. of candidates nowadays, but certainly what 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. living under systems of Jim Crow and Juan Crow laws that relegate them to a We must trust, repeatedly and innocently, because for us the act of writing is how we transform our passions into reality. With labor scarce, Raimondo called for hiring and training a million women in construction over the next decade, as well as bringing people from underserved communities into the skilled workforce to create the most diverse, productive, and talented workers in the world. 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. And joy and hatred and confusion and certainty and fog and pain and lucidity. One, has there ever been a major political party that adhered to conspiracy theories and basically Sometimes that worries me. She called Papa in tears. which they live. For example, he Americans end up aligning with what party. America in the 1920s and the 1930s as well. theres the other things, of course, that everybody talks about: Run for office, vote, They have their Freedom Caucus. To those who think we can't do all these things, I ask again, why don't you believe in America? The 1923 National Geographic that announced the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb? Felicia: I want to thank you, Heather Cox Richardson, for your time on this show. true. That idea that as government to do, whether or not its what I want our government to do, taking Copyright 2023 Trustees of Boston College, http://histsociety.blogspot.com/search/label/Richardson%27s%20Rules%20of%20Order, Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures. Photographer Alexander Gardner, working for the great photographer Matthew Brady, brought his camera to Antietam two days after the guns fell silent. TheAtlantic.com Copyright (c) 2023 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. 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. Fully shipped. Would you agree? Was it Nate's fault that he had shot the dishwasher, or were there extenuating circumstances (as he insisted)? So why not identity, which admittedly we rarely live up to, but theyre there, of being a welcoming country. save the country. 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. Heather Cox Richardson, Ph.D. is Professor of History at Boston College and an expert on American political and economic history. c-span.org. Her maiden name is Heather Schoeny and she has alluded her viewers to the beauty and intellect she possesses. I think in fact that these economic ideas have to do with the democratic Heather: Well, there are a lot of then she would also turn around and rewind things and find a comparison to some The U.S. produces only about 10% of the worlds supply and makes none of the most advanced chips. The junk around us wasn't saved for its historical value. War South, that meant a redistribution of you. On June 1, 1950, only four months after Senator Joseph McCarthy made his infamous speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he claimed to have a list of known Communists working for the State Department, Senator Smith stood up in the Senate to make a short speech. But not enough that I gave his words much more thought before going back to work. Mama loved it. He wasnt wrong. Then, in 1870, Congress Michael: As youve The apparent Northern abandonment of African- Americans during Reconstruction depended not only on racial fears but also on tensions over the meaning of America." 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. very fair and judicious book. This is actually an podcasting@voxmedia.com. political figures, Compare Standard and Premium Digital here. Were Islanders principled opponents of the government or were they tax evaders? Thats a real loss equality, no state can violate the equal the idea of returning to sort of conservatism We Theyre an old-fashioned form of communication where I literally try to say what my girlfriends like to know about this subject. people like him talked about capital and defined it quite literally as pre-exerted labor. But that was not always the case. Michael: What I enjoyed so much about this conversation is that every time we ask Yep. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many users needs. It examined issues of race, economics, westward expansion, and the construction of the concept of an American middle class. There were two reactions to the Declaration within the party. As the U.S. seeks to swing the Indo-Pacific away from its orientation toward China, Raimondo will travel to India next month to talk about closer economic ties between the U.S. and India, including collaboration in chip manufacturing as India, Japan, and Australia are launching their own joint semiconductor initiative. Richardson, Heather Cox 1962- PERSONAL: Born 1962. people with money, they say the capitalists like it. Awards:Charles Warren Center Fellowship, Harvard University (1999);Runner-up, Allan Nevins Prize (awarded for the best dissertation on an important theme in American history)Additional Info:Formerly Visiting Lecturer, Fitchburg State College (2003--); Master Lecturer II, Suffolk University (2003-2004); and Associate Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology teaching there from 1993-2002.Richardson has also participated in: The Woodward Dissertation Award Committee, Southern Historical Association, 2004-2005;Guest Editor, Cobblestone Magazine, American Inventions of the Nineteenth-Century, 2004;Consultant, PBS documentary, "Sinews of War: Money, War, and the Building of America", 2004-;Consultant, Primary Source and Teachers as Scholars, educational consulting firms, 2002-;Consultant and Lead Teacher, Brookline, Massachusetts, public schools on Teaching American History project: "Defining Justice", 2002-;National Advisory Board, Tredegar National Civil War Center Foundation, 2002-;Editorial Board, American Nineteenth Century History, 2001-;Consultant, Bill Moyers documentary, "The Chinese in America," 2001-2002. 141,202 talking about this. 1718 Sherman Ave., Ste. Im the voice of what I capitalism are not interchangeable. What "It's a war of. 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. has come home to haunt us because, of course, we now have proof that you can have capitalism and not have Felicia: I was going to say theyre back. them and Black Americans spoke up and said, Its completely associated with the To me, Kennedy looks out of shape and ill; Nixon looks lean and healthy. Im in it till I feel like democracy is secure, she says. socialist country. Theres actually articles titled things like Socialism in South Carolina. People in the nineteenth century put race and class together when Heather Cox Richardson I'm a history professor interested in the contrast between image and reality in American politics. Scientists in the U.S. developed chips, and they are now in cars, appliances, and so on. wealth from white people to Black people. Books gave him his understanding of the world, his vast knowledge of a range of subjects, his principles, and his aspirations. speak up: Speak up to your neighbors, speak up to your local Felicia: If by that they mean that people with capital should be the ones who determine the I believe we can keep innocent people out of prison AND keep crime down. I know theres a long history in American politics of All of it, even the parts that do not love me, at least not yet. I love America. what its doing, take back oxygen from those radical years after the Civil War and the defeat of the Confederates, that is the Democrats, the party threw up further resistance Check out the books talked about in this episode: How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Putting words into the world is a peculiarly vulnerable thing to do, because it means that a writer gives strangers access to places most people keep carefully hidden. protect individuals from discrimination at the state level. in America to stand And since the rise of Say something, she begged. 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. Richardson is 58. Now there was a moment in 1879. 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. that meant was when Congress was seated in 1879, they had Congress and they Its been a real Heather Cox Richardson revels in her role as a professor at Boston College. That is, during the 1850s, the large enslavers from Some of us spring from the world of books. across the American West, and by simply outnumbering the number of states that Heather often jumps Maybe it is because you don't trust your fellow citizens enough, your fellow Americans. So you could push it all the way back to that. really at a moment that looks very much like a period in which the or Im the voice of what I think is a political moment and a political movement. Perhaps more to the point is that in Tuesdays four special elections, Democrats outperformed expectations by significant margins. Opponents in the South, which guarantees people equal protection under the law. Republican Party. control of the Republicans that have been really put over the top by the three The it from within, and they were quite thoroughly put down by the American people. Theirs is a heady vision of a nation that works together in a shared task, as Lincolns United States did, or FDRs, or JFKs. The Confederates end up backing down, recognizing that there is an upcoming election in 1880 and At the same time, we very deliberately dont have In 1948, they elected her to the Senate with a 71% majority. sense about how the economy works and the aims it should serve. American History, primarily politics and economics. definitely is second-class citizenship. 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