On April 1, 2025, Heather Cox Richardson, the author of the politically left-leaning Substack "Letters from an American" and a history professor at Boston College, posted (archived) on Facebook that ...

Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College. She writes widely about Reconstruction, the Civil War, and the history of the Republican Party. The author of Democracy Awakening, her ...

"The Massachusetts Governor's Awards in the Humanities recognize individuals for their public actions, grounded in an appreciation of the humanities, to enhance civic life in the Commonwealth. Each ...

The idea that history is “just one damned thing after another” may be witty, but it’s also untrue. History is not just a collection of “prominent events” and “great men” as the line seems to imply.

Today we’re sharing an excerpt from our live show at WBUR CitySpace in Boston featuring our special guest, historian Heather Cox Richardson. (Check out the first part of our live show here.) ...

Heather Cox Richardson is one of the most popular historians in the U.S., boasting more than 3.2 million Facebook followers and 2.5 million Substack subscribers, making her the most-subscribed ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Heather Cox Richardson is a Professor for the History Department in the Boston College with 10 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2012 Forum. The ...