Category: Heather Richardson
Democracy Defended: South Koreans overturn stunning self-coup and reverse Martial Law in 6 hours
by Heather Cox Richardson | Dec 3, 2024 | Heather Richardson
For an astonishing six hours today, South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its unpopular...
Read MoreReshaping government: Why Movement Conservatives attacked the liberal consensus to subvert democracy
by Heather Cox Richardson | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, Heather Richardson
Cas Mudde, a political scientist who specializes in extremism and democracy, observed recently on...
Read MorePresident Biden pardons son Hunter citing unfair treatment and political weaponization of justice
by Heather Cox Richardson | Dec 3, 2024 | Heather Richardson
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence...
Read MorePlymouth Myths: How Abraham Lincoln reinvented Thanksgiving amid the bloodshed of Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson | Nov 28, 2024 | Heather Richardson
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, but not for the reasons we generally...
Read MoreLegacy of Gettysburg: The 2024 election echoes Lincoln’s concern that a divided nation could endure
by Heather Cox Richardson | Nov 19, 2024 | Heather Richardson
For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the...
Read MoreA history of hope: When the past can offer comfort in the fog of election despair
by Heather Cox Richardson | Nov 5, 2024 | Heather Richardson
I know people are on edge, and there is maybe one last thing I can offer before this election....
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