03/18/2024
Voting has ended for the 2024-2025 common reading selection and the winner is ๐ฟ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐: ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ by Heather Cox Richardson.
The book is available through local libraries and booksellers. Events related to the book will be planned for the next academic year. Stay tuned! Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting and selection process.
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A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians. At a time when the very foundations of democracy seem under threat, the lessons of the past offer a roadmap for navigating a moment of political crisis. Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, examining the historical forces that have led to the current political climate. She reminds us that democracy is not a static institution but a living, evolving process that requires constant vigilance and participation from all of us. This powerful testament to the resilience of democratic ideals shows how we, as a nation, can take the lessons of the past to address today's challenges and secure a more just and equitable future.
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Heather Cox Richardson is an American academic historian, author, and educator. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, and the American West. She previously taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Richardson has authored seven books on history and politics. In 2019, Richardson started publishing Letters from an American, a nightly newsletter (with over 1.4 million subscribers) that chronicles current events in the larger context of American history. Her work has appeared in ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, and ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ. She co-hosted the Vox Media podcast, ๐๐ฐ๐ธ & ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ. Born in Chicago in 1962 and raised in Maine, Richardson attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. She received both her BA and PhD from Harvard University.
A New York Times Bestseller A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our eraโs most...
