Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson teaches American history at Boston College. She is the author of a number of books, most recently, To Make Men Free, a history of the Republican Party that examines the fundamental tensions in American politics from the time of the Northwest Ordinance to the present. She is co-host of the history and politics podcast Freak Out and Carry On. Follow her on Twitter: @HC_Richardson.
ALL POSTS BY Heather Cox Richardson
December 7, 2017Today’s Republicans would have fit right into Herbert Hoover’s administration.
October 4, 2017Someday, people will read about this moment in history books and wonder how we got to this level of insanity.
August 16, 2017The ascendency of Donald Trump empowers movement conservatives to make their rhetoric real, but the reality is that voters don't want them to.
November 29, 2016A professor included on the recently published "watchlist" that calls out 200 American educators for being leftist radicals reflects on her "dubious honor."
