
Category: Heather Richardson
Massacre by Gun: How our free-for-all of violence is a symptom of the takeover by an extremist minority
by Heather Cox Richardson | May 8, 2023 | Heather Richardson
For years now, after one massacre or another, I have written some version of the same article,...
Read MoreLost Youth: Why weakening child labor laws are part of state GOP efforts to gut the federal government
by Heather Cox Richardson | May 5, 2023 | Heather Richardson
According to the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, legislatures in at least ten states have...
Read MoreForeign policy for the middle class: Jake Sullivan outlines a different vision of economic leadership
by Heather Cox Richardson | May 4, 2023 | Heather Richardson
“And that is the core of our economic approach. To build. To build capacity, to build...
Read MoreDebt ceiling crisis brings differences between MAGA Republicans and Biden Democrats into sharp relief
by Heather Cox Richardson | Apr 22, 2023 | Heather Richardson
The debt ceiling is not about future spending; future spending is debated when Congress takes up...
Read MoreMarginalized and Silenced: Why Black Americans push for Democracy as a way to change the status quo
by Heather Cox Richardson | Apr 19, 2023 | Heather Richardson
Justin J. Pearson, along with Representatives Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson, the Tennessee...
Read MoreTrue Americanism: How pardoning traitors inspired the Jim Crow laws that corrupted a nation
by Heather Cox Richardson | Apr 12, 2023 | Heather Richardson
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General...
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