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This Week's Op Eds Original essays for the History News Network. Losing Women—and Women's History—in Times of Crisis by Megan Kate Nelson Women and all of their visible and invisible labor are at the center of the COVID crisis, and they are finding their way into news coverage of the pandemic. The stories of women living and suffering and dying throughout history, however, have largely fallen by the wayside. We Had a Better Social Safety Net. Then We Busted Unions. by Lane Windham For a time, union contracts were the closest thing the U.S. had to the kinds of robust social safety nets found in European countries. Trump Talks Like President Roosevelt But Acts Like President Hoover by Robert Brent Toplin The war against COVID-19 requires bold leadership from Washington.  The Cure May Be Deadlier Than the Disease. Much Deadlier. by Jonathan Rose We are rightly concerned with saving lives from disease. But we must also consider the potentially deadly consequences of authoritarianism and prejudice unleashed by an economic depression.  Evangelicals, Donald J. Trump, and the Making of the Tribune in Chief by Paul Croce Even Donald Trump's harshest critics would do well to understand his powerful appeal to white evangelical Christians instead of simply complaining about it.  American Women at the UN: From Breakthrough to Dumping Ground? by Philip Nash More women belong in senior foreign and national security policy positions—at State, Defense, the National Security Council, and beyond—and not just at the United Nations. Has Italy Fallen, Again, to Dictatorship? by Christopher Binetti As a result of several factors--a tradition of temporary strongman leaders, a history of disguised dictatorship, and a unitary government for a regionally divided people--Italy has been more susceptible than other liberal democracies of falling into autocracy in the current COVID crisis.  Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump: Adventures in Presidential Credibility by Donne Levy It is clear that if many white Americans feel alienated and powerless, they will vote for a candidate whose stories promise a better future or greater status for themselves, even if that candidate tells incredible falsehoods and appeals to racism. The Saudis, the Jews, and FDR's Dog: The Opening of the US-Saudi Relationship by Rafael Medoff Recent commemorations of FDR's diplomatic meeting with King Abdul Aziz in 1945 obscure unsavory aspects of the origins of the US-Saudi relationship.  Thomas Jefferson, Yellow Fever, and Land Planning for Public Health by M. Andrew Holowchak Although Thomas Jefferson was generally an anti-urbanist, he did offer insight into the role of land use in helping towns and cities control epidemics and promote public health. I Didn't Remember the 1918 Influenza, but it Changed My Family by Vaughn Bornet At 102, Vaughn Bornet reflects on a childhood shaped by illness and the Great Depression. An Interview with Fergus Bordewich, Author of "Congress at War" by James Thornton Harris "My work on Congress during the Compromise of 1850 showed me how much wonderful untapped and dramatic material there was to be found in the battles fought on the floor of Congress." Social Crisis and the Public Use of Reason by Sam Ben-Meir We cannot afford to overlook the public use of reason: reason that does not simply solve a given problem, but asks further unsettling questions, such as how did this problem arise in the first place? Has COVID-19 Revealed America's National Decay? by Donald J. Fraser Perhaps the threat we are facing from COVID-19 will provide an opportunity to create a more equal and just economy, one that is also in greater harmony with our natural world.   Don't Miss! US v. Sineneng-Smith Echoes the Fugitive Slave Act by Alan J. Singer A Supreme Court decision in United States v. Sineneng-Smith that broadens the authority of the federal government to suppress the rights of advocates for undocumented immigrants could divide the nation irreparably. Pandemic Exposes Vulnerabilities of Workers on Farms by Verónica Martínez-Matsuda Defying the broader conservative political forces of the time, the Farm Security Administration extended health care to tens of thousands of migratory agricultural workers because it understood that farmworkers' health was vital to the nation's wellbeing. Sick Leave Provisions in the COVID Relief Bill Were Historic. That's the Problem. by Vicki Shabo It is well past time for lawmakers to provide permanent paid sick days protections, so that no one is forced to work sick, risk their paycheck or risk their job. The Polarized, Partisan Pandemic by Steve Hochstadt It's worth looking beyond Trump to the political struggles across the country to save lives and win votes.     Roundup Top 10 Roundup Top Ten for April 17, 2020 This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

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