Impeachment
As the Democrats build the case against Trump, Public Seminar discusses how we got to this place--again
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Politics
Peter Nohrnberg, “All the Political World’s a Stage: Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will put Republicans, Democrats, and the idea of justice on trial too.” (February 9, 2021)
Our Columnists
Heather Cox Richardson, “The Case for Impeachment: As Donald Trump’s second trial begins, Representative Raskin warns the Senate that to not convict is to invite future presidents to do whatever they need to do to hold on to power.” (February 11, 2021)
John Stoehr, “Don’t Believe the Republicans. The Fix is In: The only authority they respect is theirs.” (February 11, 2021)
Histories of the Present
Jehangir Yezdi Malegam, “Insurrection and Apocalypse: Staring Down Monsters, from the Middle Ages to America Today: How the medieval understanding of redemptive violence can illuminate the impulses of some Christian conservatives today.” (February 11, 2021)
Ian Rapley, “Can History Tell Us Whether Trumpism Is A Fascist Movement? Four lessons from Japan’s journey to war in the 1930s say that we should be asking other questions.” (February 11, 2021)
Reckoning with the Past
Matthew Pratt Guterl, “The Confederate Flag as a Symbol of White Supremacy – and How Black Americans Have Defied It: Besides tearing it down and burning it, Black artists have also used it to craft spectacular counter-images.” (February 11, 2021)
Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman, “Will a Truth Commission Open the Door to Unity, Reconciliation, and Healing in the United States? Some Americans say yes, but in South Africa and Rwanda they have produced mixed results.” (February 11, 2021)
Podcasts
Claire Potter, Nicolę Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young, “Collars, Cuffs, and History Collaborations: With Welcome to Your Fantasy, a well-known history podcasting team takes on the Chippendales dancers.” (February 10, 2021)