"...In our era the same struggle has resurfaced. A small group of leaders has rejected the idea that all people are created equal and seeks to destroy our democracy in order to install themselves into permanent power.
"And just as our forebears did, Americans have reached for whatever tools we have at hand to build new coalitions across the nation to push back. After decades in which ordinary people had come to believe they had little political power, they have mobilized to defend American democracy and—with an electorate that now includes women and Black Americans and Brown Americans—have discovered they are strong.
"On
November 5 we will find out just how strong we are. We will each choose
on which side of the historical ledger to record our names. On the one
hand, we can stand with those throughout our history who maintained that
some people were better than others and had the right to rule; on the
other, we can list our names on the side of those from our past who
defended democracy and, by doing so, guarantee that American democracy
reaches into the future." -- Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College, in her Substack "Letters from an American," "November 3, 2024."
