KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guest: Bruce Levine is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois. He is the bestselling author of several books on the Civil War era, including The Fall of the House of Dixie and Confederate Emancipation, and his latest, Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice.   Thank You, KPFA!!! The post Thaddeus Stevens: Leader of the Radical Republicans appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin.  He is the author of many books, two of which, The First American and Traitor to His Class, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.  His latest is The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom. The post W.H. Brands on The Struggle for American Freedom appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Joanne B. Freeman is a professor of history and American studies at Yale University.  She is a leading authority on early national politics and political culture. Author of the award-winning Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic and editor of The Essential Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton: Writings, and her latest, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War. The post Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University.  His research focuses on the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the American South in the 19th century.  He is the author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic. Image source: Wikimedia commons   Thank you for supporting KPFA!!! The post John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies.  He is the author of several books including, Palestinian Identity, Brokers of Deceit, and The Iron Cage, and his latest,  The Hundred Year’s War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017.     The post Rashid Khalidi on Palestinian History: From The Ottoman Empire to Settler Colonialism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Claudio Saunt is Richard B. Russell Professor in American History and Co-Director of the Center for Virtual History at the University of Georgia. He is the author of four books, including West of the Revolution (2014), Black, White, and Indian (2005), and A New Order of Things (1999). His most recent book, Unworthy Republic (2020), was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has developed several online projects, including the Invasion of America and, with Elizabeth Fenn, Pox Americana. Photo credit: Atlanta History Center, Sep 11, 2020 The post Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Michael J. Klarman is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights, and his latest, The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution.  Image credit: The Shays’ Rebellion on Wikipedia   Thank you for donating to KPFA today!!! The post The Shays’ Rebellion and the Creation of the U.S. Constitution appeared first on KPFA.

Guest:  Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a scholar of Indigenous History, radical writer and author or editor of many books, including The Great Sioux Nation, and her acclaimed An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. She is the recipient of the Cultural Freedom Prize for Lifetime Achievement by the Lannan Foundation, and she lives in San Francisco, CA. photo: Dulcey Lima via Unsplash The post Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Settler Colonialism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Eric Rauchway is distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and the author of several books including, Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal, and his latest, Why the New Deal Matters.   The post Why the New Deal Matters Today appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Jonathan Cohn is a senior national correspondent at HuffPost, where he covers politics and policy. He is the author of the book The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage.  He has won several awards and was called “one of the nation’s leading experts on health policy” by the Washington Post. The post A History of the Fight for Universal Health Care appeared first on KPFA.