The Republican revolt that led to Kevin McCarthy's ouster as House speaker this week has no precedent. And what happens next is unclear. So what does history suggest about the current state of the U.S ...

Few people can grasp how American politics reached its current complexity, but Heather Cox Richardson uses her direct and approachable style, and brilliant academic background as a historian, to make ...

Heather Cox Richardson on challenges to democracy in America ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with author and history professor Heather Cox Richardson about current threats to democracy and her new book, ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with historian Heather Cox Richardson about the state of our democracy following this week's unprecedented removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The Republican revolt that ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with historian Heather Cox Richardson about the state of our democracy following this week's unprecedented removal of... Historian Heather Cox Richardson puts House speaker's ...