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Shannon Bow O Brien, Author at NationofChange
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January 26, 2021
PULLMAN, Wash. – Four of the nation’s leading experts on constitutional democracy will discuss current crises in the U.S. and abroad in a series of free, online events beginning Wednesday, Feb. 16.
The noon-hour events are hosted by the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public and Public Service at Washington State University, whose mission is to educate the public about American government and democratic institutions, encourage public service and to promote scholarly research on public policy and political institutions.
“In recent years hyper-partisanship and polarization has severely tested America’s constitutional structures and democratic norms. In the past year alone, we witnessed two impeachments of a sitting president and an insurrection that desecrated the nation’s Capitol,” said Cornell Clayton, C.O. Johnson distinguished professor of political science and director of the Foley Institute. “We are living in a time of almost unparalleled threat
This is not who we are : Actually, the Capitol riot was quintessentially American
Omar Wasow, The Washington Post
Jan. 7, 2021
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After a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol on Wednesday, commentators and elected officials - notably House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. - decried the events as un-American. In an interview with a Boston radio station on Thursday, Harvard historian Jill Lepore went so far as to say, We are off the grid of American history.
There s no disputing that the assault was remarkable. But un-American is the wrong adjective. A better way to make sense of the news of the past few days - not only the violent occupation in Washington but also the historic Senate victories by Democrats in Georgia - is as a long-run contest between two competing American traditions: one committed to preserving the status quo racial hierarchy and one fighting to advance equality.
Print article After a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol on Wednesday, commentators and elected officials notably House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. decried the events as “un-American.” In an interview with a Boston radio station on Thursday, Harvard historian Jill Lepore went so far as to say, “We are off the grid of American history.” There’s no disputing that the assault was remarkable. But “un-American” is the wrong adjective. A better way to make sense of the news of the past few days not only the violent occupation in Washington but also the historic Senate victories by Democrats in Georgia is as a long-run contest between two competing American traditions: one committed to preserving the status quo racial hierarchy and one fighting to advance equality.
Un-American? In fact, the riots fit squarely in the U S political tradition
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