New venue! Please note that, due to high demand for tickets, this event will now take place at the capacious Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”—George Santayana
As Americans divided bitterly over Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, a quiet, smart voice began emanating from a Facebook page: that of history professor Heather Cox Richardson of Boston College. Her nightly notes on the day’s political affairs soon become one of the most popular Substack newsletters: Letters From An American. More than two million readers have found her calm analysis and strong historical context for current events a welcome relief from loud and relentless bickering.
Now she’s turned that same meticulous deconstruction of our politics into a new book. Democracy Awakening: Notes On The State Of America is not an obituary for democracy’s golden days. It’s an inoculation against the merchants of autocracy. Richardson nails the small group of wealthy powerful whose lies have taken us to the edge of authoritarianism—then promised to recreate an imagined past where the exploited can feel important again.
When we talk about “taking our country back,” what do we mean? And how do we do it? Professor Heather Cox Richardson joins Kepler’s journalist in residence Angie Coiro with this critical new roadmap.
Masks are required for everyone over the age of 2 years old and must be worn at all times in the venue, and throughout the duration of the event.