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I’ve been reading the historian Heather Cox Richardson all year to help make sense of this turbulent election. Today she has powerful closing words. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc…

"After decades in which ordinary people had come to believe they had little political power, they have mobilized to defend American democracy and—with an electorate that now includes women and Black Americans and Brown Americans—have discovered they are strong. (1/3)


November 3, 2024

I’m home tonight to stay for a bit, after being on the road for thirteen months and traveling through 32 states.
Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
in reply to James Gleick

James Gleick
James Gleick
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"On November 5 we will find out just how strong we are. We will each choose on which side of the historical ledger to record our names. On the one hand, we can stand with those throughout our history who maintained that some people were better than others and had the right to rule; on the other, we can list our names on the side of those from our past who defended democracy and, by doing so, guarantee that American democracy reaches into the future. (2/3)
in reply to James Gleick

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"I have had hope in these dark days because I look around at the extraordinary movement that has built in this country over the past several years, and it looks to me like the revolution of the 1850s that gave America a new birth of freedom.

“As always, the outcome is in our hands." (3/3)

in reply to James Gleick

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