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Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson · heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

Updated April 12, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson's narrated newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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APR
11
Has Something Shifted?
9 min
APR
10
Falling Apart
10 min
APR
9
Meeting at Appomattox
3 min
APR
8
Trump’s Mad and Desperate Threats
9 min
APR
7
Lies and Non Sequiturs
10 min
APR
6
The President’s Ultimatums
8 min
APR
6
Exerting Their Will
6 min
APR
4
NATO
6 min
APR
4
Administration is Feeling Pressure
15 min
APR
3
The Legacy of Birthright Citizenship
13 min
APR
1
Unbelievably Irresponsible
13 min
APR
1
The Whims of a Single Man
14 min
MAR
30
Turning Out For History
12 min
MAR
29
Republican Governance in This Era
14 min
MAR
27
The Change in the World Order
13 min
MAR
27
Taking It to the States
13 min
MAR
25
Deception, Distortion, and Destruction
12 min
MAR
24
What News Do We Trust?
9 min
MAR
23
President Under Pressure
16 min
MAR
22
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
8 min