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These posts first appeared in “Letters from an American,” a daily email newsletter written by Heather Cox Richardson. You can sign up to receive it in your inbox here. You can listen to interviews with Dr. Richardson and Bill Moyers on her letters and on her recent book, “How the South Won the Civil War.” 

  • Letters From an American
    March 30, 2021
    April 7, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    It feels like the banking under the Republican Party from the Trump years is starting to erode. Continue reading

  • Letters From an American
    Silencing Black Voters, Again
    March 29, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Today, Republicans talk about “election integrity,” but their end game is the same as that of the former Confederates after the war: to keep Black and Brown Americans away from the polls to make sure the government does not spend tax dollars on public services. Continue reading

  • Letters From an American
    The Southern System
    March 27, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Georgia's new voter suppression law has deep roots.
  • Letters From an American
    Voting Rights IS Democracy
    March 26, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    This is the only story from today because it is the only story historians will note from this era: Did Americans defend their democracy or did they fall to oligarchy?
  • Letters From an American
    "He wants us to make it WILD"
    March 25, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The former president not only inspired his supporters to fight for him; he urged them to send money to defend his election in the courts. Continue reading

  • Letters From an American
    Will There Be a Real Discussion on Gun Control?
    March 24, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The unfettered right to own and carry weapons has come to symbolize the Republican Party’s ideology of individual liberty. Lawmakers and activists have not been able to overcome Republican insistence on gun rights despite the mass shootings occurring with a greater frequency. Continue reading

  • Letters From an American
    Court Challenge
    March 23, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    As the Biden administration sets out to regulate business to level the playing field in the United States between workers and employers, address inequality, and combat climate change, Republicans are turning to the courts to stop him. Continue reading

  • Letters From an American
    The Lie That Smolders
    March 20, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    While 87% of Democrats think what Trump did was wrong and that he should have been convicted of inciting the insurrection, 66% of people who believe that Trump won the election say that the riot at the Capitol is getting too much attention. Continue reading

  • Letters From an American
    Calling COVID "China Flu" Can Indeed Make It Deadly
    March 19, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Trump's shifting relationship with China.
  • Letters From an American
    GOP Clinging to Their January 6th Lie
    March 18, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The events of January 6 left several people, including three police officers, dead, and more than 100 law enforcement officers wounded. Hundreds of people have been charged with crimes. Continue reading

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