In this episode of Stay Tuned, “Revisiting Patterns of Change,” Boston College History Professor Heather Cox Richardson joins Preet to discuss the evolution of the Republican Party, the danger of false political imagery, and the lasting legacy of American racism. 

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:

INTERVIEW:

• Heather Cox Richardson, How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America, Oxford University Press, 4/2020
• Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, Facebook and Substack 

CRISES OF GOVERNMENT:

• Heather Cox Richardson, To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party, Basic Books, September 2014
• David Frum, “Bring Back the Mugwumps,” The Atlantic, 1/2010
• Zach Montague, “Holding It Aloft, He Incited a Backlash. What Does the Bible Mean to Trump?” New York Times, 6/2/2020
• Matt Zapotosky, “Barr again defends police move on demonstrators outside Lafayette Square, in an account that belies what happened,” Washington Post, 6/7/2020

HISTORICAL PARALLELS:

• Peter Baker, “In Days of Discord, Trump Fans the Flames,” New York Times, 5/30/2020
• Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen, “Marching on History,” Smithsonian Magazine, 2/2003
• “‘My eyes feel at peace now’: Frank Rizzo mural is erased, as calls for racial justice bring change to Philly’s Italian Market,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/7/2020
• Mark Landler, “‘Get Rid of Them’: A Statue Falls as Britain Confronts Its Racist History,” New York Times, 6/8/2020
• McKay Coppins, “Why Romney Marched,” The Atlantic, 6/8/2020

REPUBLICAN PARTY: 

• Heather Cox Richardson, “From Goldwater to Reagan and now Trump. But Americans will fight this latest brand of cartoon conservatism,” Guardian, 1/28/2017
• Heather Cox Richardson, Letter from an American on Star Wars, Substack, 2/9/2020
• Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Harper Collins, 1952
• Max Blumenthal, “Ike’s Other Warning,” New York Times, 9/2/2019
• Larry J. Sabato, “How Goldwater Changed Campaigns Forever,” Politico, 10/27/1964
• Kevin P. Phillips, The Emerging Republican Majority, Princeton University Press, 1969
• Angie Maxwell, “What we get wrong about the Southern strategy,” Washington Post, 7/26/2019
• Ryan Teague Beckwith, “George Lucas Wrote ‘Star Wars’ as a Liberal Warning. Then Conservatives Struck Back,” Time, 10/10/2017
• Rick Perlstein, “Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy,” The Nation, 11/13/2012
• Marc Fisher, “GOP platform through the years shows party’s shift from moderate to conservative,” Washington Post, 8/28/2012
• Sam Sanders, “Why Did Jeb Bush Fail? There Are Many Theories,” NPR, 2/26/2016
• Heather Cox Richardson, Letter from an American on Marines banning Confederate flag, Substack, 6/5/2020
• Jenny Gross, “U.S. Marine Corps Issues Ban on Confederate Battle Flags,” New York Times, 6/6/2020
• Josh Marshall Profile, Talking Points Memo