Category: Heather Richardson
Cutthroat individualism, Andrew Carnegie, and lessons for the upcoming midterm elections
In the spring of 1890, Republicans were convinced they would win the upcoming midterm elections....
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When Authoritarianism is not enough: Why bullies claim to be the victims in defense of their brutality
That Republicans appear to be on the cusp of overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing...
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Decoding Trump’s brand of autocracy and a rightwing ideology that seeks to dismantle our rule of law
It has been hard for me to see the historical outlines of the present-day attack on American...
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Why the potential of overturning Roe v. Wade follows Dred Scott decision to remove constitutional rights
News broke on May 2 of a leaked draft of what appears to be Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s...
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An Inflection Point: Americans must at least be willing to reclaim our democracy from the rise of oligarchs
In our history, the United States has gone through turning points when we have had to adjust our...
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Confusing the concept of democracy with a distorted ideology of unrestricted freedom for individuals
All but two of the Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against a resolution finding...
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