Three times before, in the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1920s, oligarchs took over the American government and threatened to destroy democracy.… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
In contrast to them, Republicans argue, are minorities, organized workers, and women, who demand government policies that can only be paid for… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
To make sure Republicans stayed in power, they suppressed voting by people likely to vote Democratic, and gerrymandered states so that even… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
The Democratic political juggernaut that emerged from the Depression and the New Deal meant that Republicans had to scramble to figure out… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
In the mid 19th century, it had taken a generation of political rhetoric to induce southern soldiers to fight for the interests… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
If Republican leaders are willing to enable Trump's autocratic enthusiasms in return for oligarchy, American democracy will die. — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Since 2000, Republican policies have suppressed Democratic voting; since 2010, Republican gerrymandering has given the Republicans a heavy systematic advantage in Congress;… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Republicans turned against organized workers and abandoned the idea of promoting equality at the bottom of the economic scale. They turned their… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
In 1860, the Republicans put Lincoln in the White House, and Southerners left the Union. Their absence opened the way for the… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Traditional Republicanism grew up in the 1850s as opposed to the Democrats, who always saw the world kind of as a 'us… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
In short, Republicans under Trump have finally destroyed the New Deal, turning the government over to a small cadre of wealthy businessmen,… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Since 2012, the USPS has not been able to meet its prefunding requirement, but without it, the agency would have made a modest operating… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Republicans turned against organized workers and abandoned the idea of promoting equality at the bottom of the economic scale. They turned their idea of… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Producing 1,200 words every day, when you're already working a full-time job is a lot. — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln and others recoiled from the idea of government as a prop for the rich. In organizing the Republican Party, they highlighted the… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they spread their… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
The question of impeaching Donald Trump is about replacing the toxic partisanship of today's Republican party with America's traditional rule of law. It has… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Trump's administration looks a great deal like those of the 1850s and the 1890s, with business and government so intertwined that they cannot be… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Trump's alliance with Russia's Vladimir Putin, in defiance of America's own intelligence community, the Department of Justice, and the bipartisan report of the Senate… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
When a president, as Trump does, demonises opponents as an un-American mob trying to destroy the country, it is not a lunatic who tries… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to wealth or… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Dog whistles about women who want handouts are simply an acceptable way to say that women are not worth as much as the men… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
The Treaty of Fort Laramie established most of what would later become South Dakota as a reservation, along with the Black Hills. But the… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
