Historian and 2019-20 CASBS fellow Jefferson Cowie talks with host John Markoff about the inescapable legacy of slavery, the political fracturing of labor, anti-statism, and whether the current structure of federalism can adequately address issues like climate change and pandemics.
Jefferson’s recent New York Times Piece “The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Preview of Today’s Political Divisions”
The illuminating CASBS symposium “_Contesting the Nation_”, with Jefferson Cowie, Kathleen Belew, and Catherine Ramírez
Richard Rorty, CASBS fellow 1982-83 “Achieving Our Country”
Donald F. Kettl’s “The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work”
Arlie Russell Hochschild’s “Stranger in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right”
Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century”
Special thanks to CASBS staff member Paola Dios for the opening the episode!