Vermont Conversation: ‘Freedom in America is never guaranteed.’ Garrett Graff on America’s many revolutions

The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts. The blue tsunami of Democratic victories in last week’s midterm elections included a number of notable firsts: the election of the first Black female governor, first female Native American governor and senator, the first openly gay male senator, the first Muslim senator, and the first Latina and Latino governors, respectively, for the country’s two most populous states, Texas and California. These political milestones serve as an important corrective in the American story. When the country’s founders proclaimed that “all men were created equal,” they left out women, people of color and countless others. We have been fighting for a more inclusive democracy ever since.

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