Historian Heather Cox Richardson joins us today to explain how fascism is on the rise in America. As one of the country’s foremost experts on the Civil War, she’ll reveal how the GOP went from the party of Lincoln to the party of Trump.

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Books by Heather Cox Richardson:

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717588/democracy-awakening-by-heather-cox-richardson/

To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/heather-cox-richardson/to-make-men-free/9780465024315/?lens=basic-books

How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-the-south-won-the-civil-war-9780190900908

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