Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and Professor of History at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She previously taught at MIT and the University of Massachusetts. Richardson has authored six books.
Heather's recent articles
21 October 2021
Teaching 'both sides' of the Holocaust in Texas schools
In Texas, the 'Critical Race Theory Bill' will edit important stories from American history and produce schools that dare not take a position on the Holocaust.
9 January 2021
Fitting end to the attempt to destroy our government of the people, by the people, and for the people
And so, we are at the end of a year that has brought a presidential impeachment trial, a deadly pandemic that has killed more than 338,000 of us, a huge social movement for racial justice, a presidential election, and a president who has refused to accept the results of that election and is now trying to split his own political party.