{"product_id":"american-conversations-vanessa-williamson-heather-cox-richardson-march-30-2026","title":"American Conversations: Vanessa Williamson (Heather Cox Richardson, March 30, 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aBcPKrweqGE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for full video on YouTube.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/people\/vanessa-williamson\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVanessa Williamson\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan\u003eis a senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings, and a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. She studies taxation and democracy in America. Her new book, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/books\/the-price-of-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Price of Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, reveals the revolutionary power of taxation in American history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/heathercoxrichardson?utm_source=ig\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0026amp;utm_content=link_in_bio\u0026amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnlyaAoK0wv0dXME39uEbu8QZ9uIS4rsAO9inO9jzqgU6f0F6QPmA0CaPNP5k_aem_36FYKKfRaHIZyfG5hlP3Fg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHeather Cox Richardson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a political historian who uses facts and history to make observations about contemporary American politics. She has written about the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the American West in award-winning books whose subjects stretch from the European settlement of the North American continent to the history of the Republican Party through the Trump administration. She is the author, most recently, of the best-selling \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/democracy-awakening-notes-on-the-state-of-america-heather-cox-richardson\/14a7a6149ba697c1?ean=9780593652961\u0026amp;next=t\u0026amp;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShe publishes a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/heathercoxrichardson.substack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edaily newsletter\u003c\/a\u003e on Substack about the history behind today's politics. She is seemingly everywhere. Thankfully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStay in touch with HCR wherever you are: \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/heathercoxrichardson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/linktr.ee\/heathercoxrichardson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #ff8000;\" href=\"https:\/\/jessicaesch.com\/collections\/sketchnotes\"\u003e\u0026lt;—  Return to sketchnote collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Esch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45125537595574,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/9609\/4553\/files\/VanessaWilliamson.HeatherCoxRichardson.JessicaEsch.051426.update.png?v=1779474404","url":"https:\/\/jessicaesch.com\/products\/american-conversations-vanessa-williamson-heather-cox-richardson-march-30-2026","provider":"Font \u0026 Fiction LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}